Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 12, Issue 7 , Pages 758-769 , July 2006

Impact of Donor and Recipient Sex and Parity on Outcomes of HLA-Identical Sibling Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

  • Alison W. Loren

      Affiliations

    • Stem Cell Transplant Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Alison W. Loren, MD, MS, Stem Cell Transplant Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, 16 Penn Tower, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
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  • Greta R. Bunin

      Affiliations

    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Division of Oncology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Christian Boudreau

      Affiliations

    • Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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  • Richard E. Champlin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Avital Cnaan

      Affiliations

    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Division of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Mary M. Horowitz

      Affiliations

    • Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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  • Fausto R. Loberiza

      Affiliations

    • Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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  • David L. Porter

      Affiliations

    • Stem Cell Transplant Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Received 19 January 2006 ,Accepted 27 March 2006.

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PII: S1083-8791(06)00290-4

doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2006.03.015

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 12, Issue 7 , Pages 758-769 , July 2006

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