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SUBMITTER: Shayani S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3589900 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shayani Sepideh S Palmer Joycelynne J Stiller Tracey T Liu Xueli X Thomas Sandra H SH Khuu Tam T Parker Pablo M PM Khaled Samer K SK Forman Stephen J SJ Nakamura Ryotaro R
Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 20121015 2
Posttransplantation thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is a multifactorial complication of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) whose incidence is increased with the use of a sirolimus plus tacrolimus (SIR/TAC) regimen for acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) prophylaxis. We evaluated the incidence and possible risk factors for TMA in a case series of 177 patients who received allo-HCT using SIR/TAC-based GVHD prophylaxis. The patients received either a sibling donor graft ( ...[more]