TRANSPLANTATION OF UNRELATED CORD-BLOOD CELLS

Authors
WEINREB S DELGADO JC CLAVIJO OP YUNIS EJ BAYERZWIRELLO L POLANSKI L DELUHERY L COHN G YAO JT STEC TC HIGBY D ANDRZEJEWSKI C
Citation
S. Weinreb et al., TRANSPLANTATION OF UNRELATED CORD-BLOOD CELLS, Bone marrow transplantation, 22(2), 1998, pp. 193-196
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology,Oncology,Immunology,Transplantation
Journal title
Bone marrow transplantation → ACNP
ISSN journal
02683369
Volume
22
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
193 - 196
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-3369(1998)22:2<193:TOUCC>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A 43-year-old woman with Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) positive chronic myelogenous leukemia in acute phase received high-dose chemotherapy f ollowed by transfusion of 12 randomly selected units of umbilical cord blood. HLA analysis showed cells of one donor from day +10 to day +43 post-transfusion. This unit was HLA class II identical with that of t he patient.