Successful salvage unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation with two units after engraftment failure with single unit in severe aplastic anemia

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 744-746

  Lee, Ji Won ^a   Kang, Hyoung Jin ^a   Kim, Eun Kyung ^a   Shin, Hee Young ^a   Ahn, Hyo Seop ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anemia; Aplastic; Cord blood stem cell transplantation; Two unit

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANEMIA, APLASTIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 70350743156     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2009.24.4.744     Document Type: Article

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