Outcome of patients with hemoglobinopathies given either cord blood or bone marrow transplantation from an HLA-identical sibling.
We analyzed the outcomes of 485 patients with thalassemia major (TM) or sickle cell disease (SCD) receiving HLA-identical sibling cord blood transplantation (CBT, n = 96) or bone marrow transplantation (BMT, n = 389). Compared with patients given BMT, CBT recipients were significantly younger (media...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2013
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