Unrelated cord blood transplantation in children with severe congenital neutropenia

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 777-781

  Yesilipek, M Akif ^a   Tezcan, Gulsun ^a   Germeshausen, Manuela ^b   Kupesiz, Alphan ^a   Uygun, Vedat ^a   Hazar, Volkan ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Severe congenital neutropenia; Unrelated cord blood transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEFIBROTIDE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; PREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ABSCESS; ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHIMERA; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ENGRAFTMENT; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUTROPENIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEVERE CONGENITAL NEUTROPENIA; VEIN OCCLUSION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHILS; PREDNISOLONE; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68849113183     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.01048.x     Document Type: Article

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