title: Stable mixed double donor chimerism: Absence of war doesn't necessarily mean peace.
abstract: Double cord blood transplantation has successfully been introduced to remedy the obstacle of a limited stem cell dose in a single cord blood graft. After a short initial period, the sustained hematopoiesis is derived almost exclusively from one of the donated units. In a recent publication in Clinical and Experimental Immunology we investigated two rare individuals in which both cord blood units co-existed for more than two years after transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Center for Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation and Division of Clinical Immunology; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gertow
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mattsson J
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uhlin
mesh_terms: D046528:Chimerism; D036101:Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D014019:Tissue Donors; D018183:Transplantation Chimera