Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 344-349 , March 2010

Successful Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in 2 Children with X-Linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease from Their Unaffected HLA-Identical Siblings Selected Using Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Combined with HLA Typing

  • Evgenios Goussetis

      Affiliations

    • Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Aghia Sofia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Evgenios Goussetis, MD, SCT-Unit, Aghia Sofia Children's Hospital, Thivon and Mikras Asias, 11527 Athens, Greece.
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  • Christopher P. Konialis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Genetics and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Intergenetics Hellas, Diagnostic Genetic Center, Athens, Greece
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  • Ioulia Peristeri

      Affiliations

    • Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Aghia Sofia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Vasiliki Kitra

      Affiliations

    • Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Aghia Sofia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Maria Dimopoulou

      Affiliations

    • Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Aghia Sofia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Theoni Petropoulou

      Affiliations

    • First Pediatric Clinic, Aghia Sofia Children's Hospital Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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  • George Vessalas

      Affiliations

    • Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Aghia Sofia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Andreas Papassavas

      Affiliations

    • Hellenic Cord Blood Bank, Foundation for Biomedical Research, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
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  • Marianna Tzanoudaki

      Affiliations

    • Immunology Department, Aghia Sofia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Georgia Kokkali

      Affiliations

    • Center for Human Reproduction, Genesis Athens Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Eftychia Petrakou

      Affiliations

    • Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Aghia Sofia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Antonia Spiropoulos

      Affiliations

    • Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Aghia Sofia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Constantinos G. Pangalos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Genetics and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Intergenetics Hellas, Diagnostic Genetic Center, Athens, Greece
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  • Konstantinos Pantos

      Affiliations

    • Center for Human Reproduction, Genesis Athens Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Stelios Graphakos

      Affiliations

    • Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Aghia Sofia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece

Received 3 September 2009 ,Accepted 10 October 2009.

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 Financial disclosure: See Acknowledgments on page 348.

PII: S1083-8791(09)00466-2

doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2009.10.010

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 344-349 , March 2010

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