Abstract
We analyzed the pre-freeze and post-thaw characteristics on chimerism patterns in 20 cases of double-unit cord blood transplantation. The cord blood units (CBUs) were a 4/6 HLA match or better with recipients and achieved a minimum combined precryo- preservation cell dose of 3.7 x 10 7total nucleated cell (TNC)/kg. The unit with a higher cell dose was infused first. All evaluable patients engrafted at a median of 18 days. By day 42, neutrophil engraftment was derived from both donors in 63% of cases and a single donor in 37% of patients. By day 100, one unit predominated in 80% of the patients. Higher pre-freeze TNC and CD34+ cell doses were associated with cord predominance in 67% of patients. Pediatr Blood Cancer
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 547-550 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Pediatric Blood and Cancer |
Volume | 52 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 04 2009 |
Keywords
- Cell dose
- Double cord blood transplantation
- Neutrophil engraftment
- Predominant unit