Transplants of Umbilical-Cord Blood or Bone Marrow from Unrelated Donors in Adults with Acute Leukemia

Rocha, Vanderson; Labopin, Myriam; Sanz, Guillermo; Arcese, William; Schwerdtfeger, Rainer; Bosi, Alberto; Jacobsen, N; Ruutu, Tapani; de Lima, Marcos; Finke, Jürgen; Frassoni, Francesco; Gluckman, Éliane

doi:10.1056/nejmoa041469

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Transplants of Umbilical-Cord Blood or Bone Marrow from Unrelated Donors in Adults with Acute Leukemia

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Nov 24, 2004

Authors:

Vanderson Rocha

Myriam Labopin

Guillermo Sanz

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Promising results of cord-blood transplants from unrelated donors have been reported in adults. METHODS: We compared outcomes in 682 adults with acute leukemia who received a hematopoietic stem-cell transplant from an unrelated donor: 98 received cord blood and 584 received bone marrow. ...

Subject

Medicine

Cord blood

Umbilical cord

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