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Sung-Yun Pai1, Luigi D Notarangelo.
Abstract
The Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is an X-linked disorder characterized by a triad of diagnostic clinical elements: immunodeficiency, eczema, and hemorrhage caused by thrombocytopenia with small-sized platelets. The formal proof that hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) could be used to cure WAS revealed a requirement for both immunosuppression and myelosuppression that still underlies the standard approach to curative therapy today. The current short- and long-term toxicities of HCT are the main stumbling block for the ability to cure every patient with WAS and X-linked thrombocytopenia, and much remains to be done. Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20493395 PMCID: PMC2930258 DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2010.02.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Immunol Allergy Clin North Am ISSN: 0889-8561 Impact factor: 3.479