Improving outcomes of cord blood transplantation: HLA matching, cell dose and other graft- and transplantation-related factors

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 262-274

  Rocha, Vanderson ^a   Gluckman, Eliane ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cord blood transplantation; Graft related factors; HLA matching; Transplantation related factors

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CELL MARKER; FLUDARABINE; HLA C ANTIGEN; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ALGORITHM; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CHRONIC LEUKEMIA; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ENGRAFTMENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HLA MATCHING; HLA SYSTEM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORTALITY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DONOR SELECTION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349671147     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07883.x     Document Type: Review

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