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Cord blood chimerism and relapse after haplo-cord transplantation.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Feb 2017
van Besien Koen, Koshy Nebu, Gergis Usama, Mayer Sebastian, Cushing Melissa, Rennert Hannah, Reich-Slotky Ronit, Mark Tomer, Pearse Roger, Rossi Adriana, Phillips Adrienne, Vasovic Liljana, Ferrante Rosanna, Hsu Yen-Michael, Shore Tsiporah
Abstract excerpt
Haplo-cord stem cell transplantation combines the infusion of CD34 selected hematopoietic progenitors from a haplo-identical donor with an umbilical cord blood (UCB) graft from an unrelated donor and allows faster count recovery, with low rates of disease recurrence and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). But the contribution of the umbilical cord blood graft to long-term transplant outcome remains unclear....
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