title: Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for an adolescent with polycythemia vera.
abstract: Polycythemia vera is a rare clonal disorder of the bone marrow haematopoietic stem cell. We present the case of an adolescent female with polycythemia vera, who was treated with a curative HLA-matched allogeneic bone marrow transplant.
authors.affiliation: Division Paediatric Haematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stobart
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Rogers
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006648:Histocompatibility / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens