Alpha interferon augments the graft-versus-leukaemia effect of second stem cell transplants and donor lymphocyte infusions in high-risk paediatric leukaemias

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 550-552

  Cooper, Nichola ^a   Rao, Kanchan ^a   Goulden, Nick ^a   Amrolia, Persis ^a   Veys, Paul ^a  

^a Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha interferon; Paediatrics; Relapsed leukaemia; Stem cell transplant

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CYCLOSPORIN A; DACLIZUMAB; IMATINIB; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; STEROID;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DONOR LYMPHOCYTE INFUSION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GRAFT VERSUS LEUKEMIA EFFECT; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LUNG INJURY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; CHILD; GRAFT VS LEUKEMIA EFFECT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOCYTES; RECURRENCE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84856302572     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08889.x     Document Type: Letter

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