Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in southern Iran: History, current status and future direction

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 364-370

  Ramzi, Mani ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hematologic malignancy; Hematopoietic; Iran; Stem cell; Thalassemia major; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; APLASTIC ANEMIA; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DONOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EWING SARCOMA; FANCONI ANEMIA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HLA MATCHING; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; IRAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEM CELL; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 73649110288     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.170 5265     Document Type: Review

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