Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 17, Issue 5 , Pages 703-709 , May 2011

Evaluating the Impact of Antithymocyte Globulin on Lung Function at 1 Year after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

  • Filippo Milano

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
    • Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Haematology, University “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Filippo Milano, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Mailstop D2-100, Seattle, WA 98109-1024.
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  • Margaret A. Au

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    • Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
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  • Michael J. Boeckh

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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  • H. Joachim Deeg

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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  • Jason W. Chien

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Received 30 June 2010 ,Accepted 14 August 2010.

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    Annualized rate of FEV1 decline during 2 time intervals (pretransplantation to 1 year posttransplantation) for the ATG and non-ATG groups. The rate of FEV1 decline is categorized as <5%, 5%-15%, or >2

    Annualized rate of FEV1 decline during 2 time intervals (pretransplantation to 1 year posttransplantation) for the ATG and non-ATG groups. The rate of FEV1 decline is categorized as <5%, 5%-15%, or >20% per year. P = .409, pretransplantation to 1 year posttransplantation.

 Financial disclosure: See Acknowledgments on page 708.

PII: S1083-8791(10)00351-4

doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2010.08.012

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 17, Issue 5 , Pages 703-709 , May 2011