Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 13, Issue 12 , Pages 1508-1514 , December 2007

Disparity in Survival Outcome after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies According to Area of Primary Residence

  • Keshav Rao

      Affiliations

    • Brownell Talbot High School, Omaha, Nebraska
    • ,
  • Deborah L. Darrington

      Affiliations

    • Section of Oncology/Hematology
    • ,
  • Joseph J. Schumacher

      Affiliations

    • Summer Undergraduate Research Program, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Omaha, Nebraska
    • ,
  • Marcel Devetten

      Affiliations

    • Section of Oncology/Hematology
    • ,
  • Julie M. Vose

      Affiliations

    • Section of Oncology/Hematology
    • ,
  • Fausto R. Loberiza Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Oncology/Hematology
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Fausto R. Loberiza Jr, MD, MS, 987680 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-7680; Tel: 402-559-5520; Fax: 402-559-6520.

Received 25 June 2007 ,Accepted 7 September 2007.

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PII: S1083-8791(07)00452-1

doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2007.09.006

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 13, Issue 12 , Pages 1508-1514 , December 2007

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