Article
Unrelated donor BMT recipients given pretransplant low-dose antithymocyte globulin have outcomes equivalent to matched sibling BMT: a matched pair analysis.
Bone marrow transplantation - 1 Nov 2002
Duggan P, Booth K, Chaudhry A, Stewart D, Ruether J D, Glück S, Morris D, Brown C B, Herbut B, Coppes M, Anderson R, Wolff J, Egeler M, Desai S, Turner A R, Larratt L, Gyonyor E, Russell J A
Abstract excerpt
Fifty-seven patients receiving unrelated donor (UD) BMT were matched for disease and stage with 57 recipients of genotypically matched related donor (MRD) BMT. All UD recipients were matched serologically for A and B and by high resolution for DR and DQ antigens. All patients received CsA and 'short course' methotrexate with folinic acid. Unrelated donor BMT patients also received thymoglobulin 4.5 mg/kg (6 mg/kg...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.