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Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, a curative approach in infantile osteopetrosis.
Bone - 1 Feb 2023
Schulz Ansgar, Moshous Despina
Abstract excerpt
Most patients with osteopetrosis (OPT) can be causally and curatively treated with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) because osteoclasts are derived from the HSC. However, HSCT is contraindicated in some forms of OPT, namely OPT with neurodegeneration (in all patients with OSTM1 and about half of patients with CLCN7 mutations) and OPT caused by an osteoblast defect (patients with RANKL...
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