Unrelated donor peripheral blood stem cell transplants incorporating pre-transplant in-vivo Alemtuzumab are not associated with any increased risk of significant acute or chronic graft-versus-host disease

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 244-252

  Shaw, Bronwen E ^a,b   Apperley, Jane F ^c   Russell, Nigel H ^d   Craddock, Charles ^e   Liakopoulou, Effie ^f   Potter, Michael N ^b   Wynn, Robert ^g   Gibson, Brenda ^h   Pearce, Rachel M ⁱ   Kirkland, Keiren ⁱ   Lee, Julia ⁱ   Madrigal, J Alejandro ^a   Cook, Gordon ^j   Byrne, Jennifer L ^d  

^a ANTHONY NOLAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ BSBMT   (United Kingdom)

^j ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Bone marrow; Myeloablative; Peripheral blood stem cells; T cell depletion; Unrelated donor

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; CYCLOSPORIN; METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; UNRELATED DONORS;

EID: 79953080775     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08615.x     Document Type: Article

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