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  • Title: Successful bone marrow transplantation from an unrelated donor in a patient with adult T cell leukemia.
    Author: Ogata M, Ogata Y, Imamura T, Ohtsuka E, Kikuchi H, Utsunomiya A, Yashiki S, Sonoda S, Nasu M.
    Journal: Bone Marrow Transplant; 2002 Nov; 30(10):699-701. PubMed ID: 12420209.
    Abstract:
    We report a 51-year-old male with adult T cell leukemia (ATL) who received a BMT from an HLA-identical unrelated donor. The ATL proved refractory to chemotherapy, and he underwent BMT conditioned with CY/TBI. Complications of encephalitis of unknown origin were successfully treated with steroid therapy and the patient has been in CR for 16 months after BMT. Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 proviral DNA loads were reduced to undetectable levels in PBMC sampled 12 months after BMT. This encouraging result suggests that BMT from an unrelated donor should be considered for ATL even if the disease is refractory to chemotherapy.
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