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SUBMITTER: Pagliuca S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6987328 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pagliuca Simona S Ruggeri Annalisa A Peffault de Latour Régis R
Stem cell investigation 20191205
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and immunosuppressive therapy (IST) represent the milestones of the treatment algorithm for idiopathic and inherited bone marrow failure (BMF) disorders. However, patients lacking a suitable donor or failing IST still have a poor prognosis. Cord blood transplantation (CBT) has extended the possibility of HSCT for many patients in case of the absence of an eligible donor, and although in the last years, this procedure is less used in several hematolo ...[more]