Unrelated Cord Blood Transplantation (UCBT) in Children with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD): US Centers Experience.
Adamkiewicz T, Haight A, Mazur M, Baker K, Szabolcs P, Kedar A, Chiang K, Krishnamurti L, Wagner J, Wingard J, Yeager A. Unrelated Cord Blood Transplantation (UCBT) in Children with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD): US Centers Experience. Blood 2005, 106: 2044. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v106.11.2044.2044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUnrelated cord blood transplantationAnti-thymocyte globulinSickle cell diseaseHigh-risk sickle cell diseaseReduced-intensity regimensMycophenolate mofetilYo maleDonor engraftmentAutologous reconstitutionDonor originReduced-intensity preparative regimenUnrelated cord blood unitsAcute grade IIIConventional myeloablative regimensExtensive chronic GVHDGrade 1 mucositisGrade III mucositisGrade IV GVHDMyeloablative preparative regimensParainfluenza 3 infectionSevere acute GVHDSustained donor engraftmentTotal lymphoid irradiationTransfusion-induced alloimmunizationElevated liver enzymes