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Safety and efficacy of healthy volunteer stem cell mobilization with filgrastim G-CSF and mobilized stem cell apheresis: results of a prospective longitudinal 5-year follow-up study.
Vox sanguinis - 1 Jan 2013
Mueller M M, Bialleck H, Bomke B, Brauninger S, Varga C, Seidl C, Seifried E, Tonn T, Bonig H
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: G-CSF-mobilized peripheral blood stem cells have long replaced marrow as the major source for allogeneic transplants. Conclusive evidence questioning the long-term safety of G-CSF for donors has not been provided, but the cumulative number of followed donors remains insufficient to rule out rare adverse events. A long-term active follow-up study of G-CSF-mobilized healthy volunteer...
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