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Autoimmune thyroiditis after bone marrow transplantation in a boy with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Dec 2002
Olivares José L, Ramos Feliciano J, Olivé Teresa, Fillat Cristina, Bueno Manuel
Abstract excerpt
We report a boy with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) who developed autoimmune thyroiditis 19 months after allogenic bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Possible causes of his autoimmune illness were 1) transference of autoimmune cells from the donor, which was ruled out because of the absence of autoimmune illness in his healthy HLA-identical brother (donor); 2) persistent mixed chimerism after BMT ruled out by...
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