Unrelated donor or partially matched related donor peripheral stem cell transplant with CD34+ selection and CD3+ addback for pediatric patients with leukemias FREE

N Bunin, R Aplenc, S Grupp, G Pierson and D Monos

Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 143-149; advance online publication, November 7, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705211

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Vitamin K deficiency in children pre-bone marrow transplantation FREE

M A Barron, J Doyle and S Zlotkin

Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 151-154; advance online publication, November 14, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705215

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Allografting

Comparable results in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia after related and unrelated stem cell transplantation FREE

J Dahlke, N Kröger, T Zabelina, F Ayuk, N Fehse, C Wolschke, O Waschke, H Schieder, H Renges, W Krüger, A Kruell, A Hinke, R Erttmann, H Kabisch and A R Zander

Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 155-163; advance online publication, November 14, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705221

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Decision-making in adult thalassemia patients undergoing unrelated bone marrow transplantation: quality of life, communication and ethical issues FREE

G Caocci, S Pisu, F Argiolu, C Giardini, F Locatelli, A Vacca, M G Orofino, E Piras, P De Stefano, M C Addari, A Ledda and G La Nasa

Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 165-169; advance online publication, November 21, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705236

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Autografting

Unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation for -thalassemia major: an experience from China FREE

Z Feng, E Sun, H Lan, C Zhang, Q Li and W Zhu

Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 171-174; advance online publication, November 7, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705193

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Autologous stem cell transplantation for high-risk Ewing's sarcoma and other pediatric solid tumors FREE

C J Fraser, B J Weigel, J P Perentesis, K E Dusenbery, T E DeFor, K S Baker and M R Verneris

Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 175-181; advance online publication, November 7, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705224

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Autologous stem cell transplantation for therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome FREE

N Kröger, R Brand, A van Biezen, J-Y Cahn, S Slavin, D Blaise, J Sierra, A Zander, D Niederwieser and T de Witte for the Myelodysplastic Syndromes Subcommittee of The Chronic Leukaemia Working Party of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT)

Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 183-189; advance online publication, November 21, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705226

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Post-Transplant Events

Efficacy of neodymium:YAG laser therapy for gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) following hematopoietic cell transplant FREE

R R E Selinger, G B McDonald, D M Hockenbery, G Steinbach and M B Kimmey

Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 191-197; advance online publication, November 7, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705212

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Evaluation of the effect of transplant-related factors and tissue injury on donor-derived hepatocyte and gastrointestinal epithelial cell repopulation following hematopoietic cell transplantation FREE

R Idilman, I Kuzu, E Erden, M Arat, E Soydan, I Soykan, G Akyol, S Karayalcin, H Akan and M Beksac

Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 199-206; advance online publication, November 21, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705214

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Graft-Versus-Host Disease

Production of IL-10 by alloreactive sibling donor cells and its influence on the development of acute GVHD FREE

L E Weston, A F Geczy and H Briscoe

Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 207-212; advance online publication, November 7, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705218

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Pre-clinical Studies

Purging of murine erythroblastic leukemia by ZnPcS₂P₂-based-photodynamic therapy FREE

H F Huang, Y Z Chen, Y Wu and P Chen

Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 213-217; advance online publication, November 7, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705216

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Clinical Trials

Randomized clinical trials for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: lessons to be learned from the European experience FREE

S S Kuthiala, G H Lyman and O F Ballester

Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 219-221; advance online publication, November 21, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705230

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Psychosocial Study

Allogeneic BMT and patient eligibility based on psychosocial criteria: a survey of BMT professionals FREE

L W Foster, L J McLellan, L A Rybicki, J Dabney, E Welsh and B J Bolwell

Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 223-228; advance online publication, November 7, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705219

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Is there a role for high-dose methylprednisolone in the treatment of hepatic regimen-related toxicity? FREE

K L Hennenfent, K M Augustin, J F DiPersio and H Khoury

Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 229; advance online publication, November 14, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705201

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Unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation with treosulfan-based myeloablative conditioning for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria- successful treatment despite multiple transplant-related risk factors for hemolysis including major Kidd group incompatibility FREE

M Markiewicz, M Wojciechowska, I Wyleo, K Woniczka, S Giebel, J Wojnar, M Krawczyk-Kuli, E Mendek-Czajkowska and J Hoowiecki

Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 231-232; advance online publication, October 24, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705210

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Long-term remission after autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for relapsed intravascular lymphoma FREE

A Sawamoto, H Narimatsu, T Suzuki, S Kurahashi, T Sugimoto and I Sugiura

Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 233-234; advance online publication, November 14, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705220

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Decreased risk of acute gastrointestinal toxicity when substituting methotrexate with mycophenolate mofetil in the prevention of graft-versus-host disease in stem cell transplantation following myeloablative conditioning regimens FREE

D Pohlreich, A Vitek, J Maalouf and P Cetkovsky

Bone Marrow Transplant 37: 235-236; advance online publication, November 14, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705227

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