March 17, 2008

New Citations

Please note that a new category, Category 0 - The Top Ten, has been added to the Annotated Bibliography. In this category, a selection of the most important recent publications are listed. This list will be altered as new articles are published that deserve to be so listed.

1. A new review of reduced intensity cord blood transplants. See Topic IV- Reduced Intensity Transplants - Citation #1

2. Five articles on the management of graft failure by promptly using a reduced-intensity cord blood transplant. See Topic IV Reduced Intensity Transplants, Citations 6A-6E

3. Two additional articles contributing to the rapidly expanding literature on the important fact that peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplants result in a higher rate of GVHD. This is leading to re-consideration of this source of stem cells for HSCT. See Topic VIII i – GVHD in BMT and PBSC hematopoietic cell translants, Citations #13 and #14

4. A review of Immune Reconstitution in children after unrelated UCBT. See Topic XIII. – Immune Reconstitution, Citation #3

5. A review of alternative allogeneic donor sources for transplantation childhood diseases. See Topic I. Recent reviews, Citation #8

6. Two articles on donor selection for unrelated UCBT. See Topic V. Donor selection for unrelated cord blood transplantation, Citations #5 and #6