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SUBMITTER: Kurtzberg J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2581998 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kurtzberg Joanne J Prasad Vinod K VK Carter Shelly L SL Wagner John E JE Baxter-Lowe Lee Ann LA Wall Donna D Kapoor Neena N Guinan Eva C EC Feig Stephen A SA Wagner Elizabeth L EL Kernan Nancy A NA
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Outcomes of unrelated donor cord blood transplantation in 191 hematologic malignancy children (median age, 7.7 years; median weight, 25.9 kg) enrolled between 1999 and 2003 were studied (median follow-up, 27.4 months) in a prospective phase 2 multicenter trial. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) matching at enrollment was 6/6 (n = 17), 5/6 (n = 58), 4/6 (n = 111), or 3/6 (n = 5) by low-resolution HLA-A, -B, and high-resolution (HR) DRB1. Retrospectively, 179 pairs were HLA typed by HR. The median pre ...[more]