Stem cell transplantation for adult-onset krabbe disease: Report of a case

JIMD Reports

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-59

  Sharp, Madeleine E ^a,c,d   Laule, Cornelia ^a   Nantel, Stephen ^a   Mädler, Burkhard ^b   Aul, Ritu B ^a   Yip, Samuel ^a   Sirrs, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre Vancouver Coastal Health   (Canada)

^d NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal neuropathy; Graft versus host disease; Hematopoietic stem cell transplant; Lysosomal storage disorder; Primary progressive multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904594870     PISSN: 21928304     EISSN: 21928312     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/8904_2012_203     Document Type: Chapter

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