Last marrow standing: Bone marrow transplantation for acquired bone marrow failure conditions

Current Hematologic Malignancy Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 292-299

  Gerds, Aaron T ^a   Scott, Bart L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplastic anemia; Bone marrow transplant; Myelodysplastic syndrome; Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ECULIZUMAB;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GRAFT VERSUS LEUKEMIA EFFECT; HUMAN; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA;

ANEMIA, APLASTIC; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEMOGLOBINURIA, PAROXYSMAL; HUMANS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING;

EID: 84872178867     PISSN: 15588211     EISSN: 1558822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11899-012-0138-x     Document Type: Article

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