Nonmyeloablative conditioning with total lymphoid irradiation and antithymocyte globulin: An update

Current Opinion in Hematology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 460-465

  Kohrt, Holbrook ^a   Lowsky, Robert ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Graft versus host disease; Hematopoietic cell transplantation; Transplantation tolerance

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CHIMERA; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONMYELOABLATIVE CONDITIONING; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE; ANIMAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY;

ANIMALS; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING;

EID: 73949157660     PISSN: 10656251     EISSN: 15317048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOH.0b013e3283319e8f     Document Type: Review

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