Telomere length of donors influences granulocyte recovery in children after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1029-1031

  Mangerini, Rosa ^a   Lanino, Edoardo ^b   Terranova, Paola ^b   Faraci, Maura ^b   Pistillo, Maria Pia ^a   Gaetani, Gian Franco ^a   Ferraris, Anna Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GENOMIC DNA; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; THIOTEPA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER REGRESSION; CELL DENSITY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL POPULATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHILD; CHRONIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 69249206823     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-009-0712-z     Document Type: Letter

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