Donor choice in haploidentical stem cell transplantation: fetal microchimerism is associated with better outcome in pediatric leukemia patients

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2015 Oct;50(10):1367-70. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2015.136. Epub 2015 Jun 22.

A Kruchen^{1

2}, T Stahl³, F Gieseke¹, T M C Binder⁴, Z Özcan⁵, R Meisel⁵, H Kreyenberg⁶, P Bader⁶, B Gruhn⁷, J Greil⁸, M Pfeiffer⁹, M Döring⁹, R Handgretinger⁹, B Fehse³, I Müller^{1

2}

¹ Research Institute Children's Cancer Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
² Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
³ Research Department Cell and Gene Therapy, Interdisciplinary Clinic of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
⁴ Department for Transfusion Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
⁵ Clinic for Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Center for Child and Adolescent Health, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
⁶ Division for Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunology, Department for Children and Adolescents, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
⁸ Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, University Hospital, Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany.
⁹ Department of General Pediatrics, Hematology and Oncology, Children's University Hospital, Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany.

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