Umbilical cord blood transplantation to treat Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease in 2 young boys

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2014, Pages e1451-e1457

  Wishnew, Jessica ^a   Page, Kristin ^a   Wood, Susan ^a   Galvin, Leo ^a   Provenzale, James ^a   Escolar, Maria ^b   Gustafson, Kathryn ^a   Kurtzberg, Joanne ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental delay; Dysmyelination; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Hypomyelination; Pelizaeus Merzbacher disease; Umbilical cord blood transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BUSULFAN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; RITUXIMAB; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE COURSE; EEG ABNORMALITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENETIC SCREENING; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYELOABLATIVE CONDITIONING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; STARTLE REFLEX; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREMOR; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; FOLLOW UP; PELIZAEUS-MERZBACHER DISEASE; PROCEDURES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PELIZAEUS-MERZBACHER DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908886823     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-3604     Document Type: Article

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