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SUBMITTER: Bakhtiar S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6821686 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bakhtiar Shahrzad S Shadur Bella B Stepensky Polina P
Frontiers in pediatrics 20191024
Congenital disorders of the immune system affecting maturation and/or function of phagocytic leucocytes can result in severe infectious and inflammatory complications with high mortality and morbidity. Further complications include progression to MDS/AML in some cases. Allogeneic stem cell transplantation is the only curative treatment for most patients with these diseases. In this review, we provide a detailed update on indications and outcomes of alloHSCT for congenital neutrophil disorders, b ...[more]