Second transplant with two unrelated cord blood units for early graft failure after cord blood transplantation for thalassemia

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 766-768

  Jaing, Tang Her ^a   Hung, Iou Jih ^a   Yang, Chao Ping ^a   Tsai, Ming Horng ^a   Lee, Wen I ^a   Sun, Chien Feng ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Double cord blood units; Graft failure; Thalassemia major

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BK VIRUS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHIMERA; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENGRAFTMENT; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MYELOABLATIVE CONDITIONING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETRANSPLANTATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUTROPHILS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING;

EID: 68849129384     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.01021.x     Document Type: Article

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