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Allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplantation in children: what alternative donor should we choose when no matched sibling is available?
26 Aug 2009
Abstract excerpt
Allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplantation has provided curative therapy for life-threatening malignant and non-malignant diseases in children for over 40 years. Only 25% of children in whom an allograft is indicated have the ideal option of a human leucocyte antigen-identical sibling donor. Substantial advances in the use of alternative donors (unrelated volunteer donors, haploidentical family donors and...
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