Enhanced Engraftment of a Very Low-Dose Cord Blood Unit in an Adult Haemopoietic Transplant by Addition of Six Mismatched Viable Cord Units

• Main Authors: Stephen J. Proctor (Author), Catherine E. Chapman (Author), Rachel Sharples (Author), Helen L. Lucraft (Author), Jennifer Wilkinson (Author), Jane Conn (Author), Peter G. Middleton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The report describes the feasibility of the addition of multiple viable HLA-mismatched unrelated cord blood units, to a low cell number matched unrelated cord, to assist clinical engraftment. An ablative stem cell transplant was performed in an adult with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)...