Donor buffy coat infusions for a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome who relapsed following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.
A 49-year-old man with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS, RAEB in T) who relapsed following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo BMT) was treated with infusions of donor buffy coat leukocytes. He sustained hematologic and cytogenetic remission, but severe graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) developed for which cyclosporin A and prednisolone were required. This therapeutic approach appears to be valuable for relapsed MDS following allo BMT as well as for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).
Department of Medicine, Fujita Health University, School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan.
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Tsuzuki
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Maruyama
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Kojima
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Ezaki
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Hirano
D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D017708:Leukocyte Transfusion; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000628:therapy*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012008:Recurrence
D016572:Cyclosporine; D011239:Prednisolone