Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 162-171 , February 2012

NCI, NHLBI/PBMTC First International Conference on Late Effects after Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Health-Related Quality of Life, Functional, and Neurocognitive Outcomes

  • Susan K. Parsons

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Sean Phipps

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
    • ,
  • Lillian Sung

      Affiliations

    • Division of Haematology/Oncology and Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • K. Scott Baker

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
    • ,
  • Michael A. Pulsipher

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology/BMT, University of Utah School of Medicine/Primary Children’s Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Michael A. Pulsipher, MD, Division of Hematology/BMT, Primary Children’s Medical Center, University of Utah School of Medicine/Huntsman Cancer Institute, 50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT.
    • ,
  • Kirsten K. Ness

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

Received 5 December 2011 ,Accepted 5 December 2011.

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 Financial disclosure: See Acknowledgments on page 169.

PII: S1083-8791(11)01063-9

doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2011.12.501

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 162-171 , February 2012

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