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Allogeneic marrow transplantation for aplastic anaemia associated with dyskeratosis congenita.

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Langston, AA; Sanders, JE; Deeg, HJ; Crawford, SW; Anasetti, C; Sullivan, KM; Flowers, ME; Storb, R
Published in: Br J Haematol
March 1996

Eight patients with aplastic anaemia associated with dyskeratosis congenita received allogeneic marrow grafts from either HLA-identical siblings (six patients) or HLA-matched unrelated donors (two patients). Patients who received marrow from HLA-identical siblings were conditioned with cyclophosphamide (140-200 mg/kg), with or without antithymocyte globulin. Patients who received unrelated donor marrow were conditioned with cyclophosphamide (120 mg/kg) and total body irradiation (1200 cGy). The six patients who survived for >2 weeks following transplant all had haematological evidence of engraftment, and all three patients who survived for at least a year following transplant recovered normal haematological function. Three patients died with respiratory failure and pulmonary fibrosis at 70 d. 8 years and 20 years posttransplant; three patients died during the neutropenic period of invasive fungal infections; one patient died on day 44 of refractory acute graft-versus-host disease; and one patient remains alive 463 d following transplant. The surviving patient recently underwent surgical resection of a Dukes' stage C rectal carcinoma diagnosed 14 months posttransplant. The aplastic anaemia associated with dyskeratosis congenita can be successfully treated by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation; however, this approach does not reverse the other systemic manifestations of the syndrome. The pathogenesis of the intestinal lung disease observed in dyskeratosis congenita patients following marrow transplantation is not understood.

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Br J Haematol

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0007-1048

Publication Date

March 1996

Volume

92

Issue

3

Start / End Page

758 / 765

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Opportunistic Infections
  • Nail Diseases
  • Male
  • Lung Diseases
  • Keratosis
  • Immunology
  • Humans
  • Graft vs Host Disease
 

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Langston, A. A., Sanders, J. E., Deeg, H. J., Crawford, S. W., Anasetti, C., Sullivan, K. M., … Storb, R. (1996). Allogeneic marrow transplantation for aplastic anaemia associated with dyskeratosis congenita. Br J Haematol, 92(3), 758–765. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.424984.x
Langston, A. A., J. E. Sanders, H. J. Deeg, S. W. Crawford, C. Anasetti, K. M. Sullivan, M. E. Flowers, and R. Storb. “Allogeneic marrow transplantation for aplastic anaemia associated with dyskeratosis congenita.Br J Haematol 92, no. 3 (March 1996): 758–65. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.424984.x.
Langston AA, Sanders JE, Deeg HJ, Crawford SW, Anasetti C, Sullivan KM, et al. Allogeneic marrow transplantation for aplastic anaemia associated with dyskeratosis congenita. Br J Haematol. 1996 Mar;92(3):758–65.
Langston, A. A., et al. “Allogeneic marrow transplantation for aplastic anaemia associated with dyskeratosis congenita.Br J Haematol, vol. 92, no. 3, Mar. 1996, pp. 758–65. Pubmed, doi:10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.424984.x.
Langston AA, Sanders JE, Deeg HJ, Crawford SW, Anasetti C, Sullivan KM, Flowers ME, Storb R. Allogeneic marrow transplantation for aplastic anaemia associated with dyskeratosis congenita. Br J Haematol. 1996 Mar;92(3):758–765.
Journal cover image

Published In

Br J Haematol

DOI

ISSN

0007-1048

Publication Date

March 1996

Volume

92

Issue

3

Start / End Page

758 / 765

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Opportunistic Infections
  • Nail Diseases
  • Male
  • Lung Diseases
  • Keratosis
  • Immunology
  • Humans
  • Graft vs Host Disease