TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 37, Issue 10 (May (2) 2006)
Meeting Report
Topical issues in unrelated donor haematopoietic stem cell transplants: a report from a workshop convened by the Anthony Nolan Trust in London – 2005 FREE
R F Duarte, D Pamphilon, J Cornish, B E Shaw, D Samson, C Craddock, D Marks, G J Mufti, R L Powles, J F Apperley, J A Madrigal and J M Goldman
Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 901-908; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705365
Original Articles
Donor Selection
Impact of high-resolution matching in allogeneic unrelated donor stem cell transplantation in Switzerland FREE
Y Chalandon, J-M Tiercy, U Schanz, T Gungor, R Seger, J Halter, C Helg, B Chapuis, A Gratwohl, A Tichelli, G Nicoloso de Faveri, E Roosnek and J R Passweg on behalf of the SwissTransplant Working Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (STABMT) and the Swiss National Donor Registry
Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 909-916; advance online publication, March 27, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705353
Conditioning Regimens
High-dose melphalan (200 mg/m2) supported by autologous stem cell transplantation is safe and effective in elderly (
65 years) myeloma patients: comparison with younger patients treated on the same protocol FREE
E Jantunen, T Kuittinen, K Penttilä, P Lehtonen, E Mahlamäki and T Nousiainen
Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 917-922; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705360
Allografting
Reduced-intensity allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplantation induces durable responses in patients with chronic B-lymphoproliferative disorders FREE
M Hertzberg, A Grigg, D Gottlieb, J Szer, A Roberts, R Hoyt, G Huang and K F Bradstock
Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 923-928; advance online publication, March 27, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705357
Autografting
High-dose chemotherapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for primary breast cancer refractory to neoadjuvant chemotherapy FREE
N T Ueno, S Konoplev, T A Buchholz, T Smith, G Rondón, P Anderlini, S A Giralt, J L Gajewski, M L Donato, M Cristofanilli and R E Champlin
Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 929-935; advance online publication, March 27, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705355
Long-term outcome of high-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation for AL amyloidosis FREE
J B Perz, A Rahemtulla, C Giles, R M Szydlo, J Davis, D Gopaul, J Gillmore, C J Mathias, P N Hawkins and J F Apperley
Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 937-943; advance online publication, March 27, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705354
Post-Transplant Events
Individualized exercise program for the treatment of severe fatigue in patients after allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplant: a pilot study FREE
L E Carlson, D Smith, J Russell, C Fibich and T Whittaker
Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 945-954; advance online publication, March 27, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705343
Graft-versus-Host Disease
Major salivary gland damage in allogeneic hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation assessed by scintigraphic methods FREE
F L Coracin, M E Pizzigatti Correa, E E Camargo, D E Peterson, A de Oliveira Santos, A C Vigorito, G Borba Oliveira, K A de Brito Eid, R Zulli and C A De Souza
Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 955-959; advance online publication, March 27, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705351
Therapy for severe refractory acute graft-versus-host disease with basiliximab, a selective interleukin-2 receptor antagonist FREE
V A M Funke, C R de Medeiros, D C Setúbal, J Ruiz, M A Bitencourt, C M Bonfim, J Z Neto and R Pasquini
Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 961-965; advance online publication, March 27, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705306
Pre-Clinical Studies
Isolation of mesenchymal stem cells from G-CSF-mobilized human peripheral blood using fibrin microbeads FREE
I Kassis, L Zangi, R Rivkin, L Levdansky, S Samuel, G Marx and R Gorodetsky
Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 967-976; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705358
Letters to the Editor
T-cell-depleted stem cell boost for the treatment of autoimmune haemolytic anaemia after T-cell-depleted allogeneic bone marrow transplantation complicated by adenovirus infection FREE
I Hilgendorf, D Wolff, S Wilhelm, B Steiner, V Kiefel, H Hickstein, C Junghanss, M Freund and J Casper
Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 977-978; advance online publication, March 27, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705356
Non-myeloablative allogeneic stem cell transplant in a patient with refractory systemic lupus erythematosus FREE
Q Lu, L Lu, X Niu, Y Guo, G R Parino and D Liu
Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 979-981; advance online publication, March 27, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705359
