Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages 665-674 , June 2007

Outcomes of Unrelated Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation for X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy

  • Donald Beam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Michele D. Poe

      Affiliations

    • FPG Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • James M. Provenzale

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Paul Szabolcs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Paul L. Martin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Vinod Prasad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Suhag Parikh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Tim Driscoll

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Srini Mukundan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Joanne Kurtzberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Maria L. Escolar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Center for Development and Learning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 7255, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Maria L Escolar, MD, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 7255 BSRC, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.

Received 18 August 2006 ,Accepted 26 January 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2007.01.082

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages 665-674 , June 2007

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