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Double‐chimaerism after transplantation of two human leucocyte antigen mismatched, unrelated cord blood units
18 Nov 2002
Abstract excerpt
The small number of progenitor cells is the major limitation to the use of umbilical cord blood (UCB) for the transplantation of adults. We tested the hypothesis that two units transplanted simultaneously could each contribute to haematopoietic reconstitution. A patient with advanced acute lymphocytic leukaemia received a mismatched, unrelated UCB transplant using units from two donors after conditioning. The...
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