Bone Marrow Transplantation For T¯B¯ Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease [SCIDA] in Athabascan-Speaking Native Americans
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A.S. O'Marcaigh
K. DeSantes
D Hu
H. Pabst
B. Horn
L. Li
M.J. Cowan
Bone Marrow Transplantation, vol. 27, no. 7, April 1, 2001, pp. 703-709
Description
Report examines treatment on 18 Navajo and Dene children with SCIDA. Findings demonstrate the efficacy of bone marrow transplantation when treating infants with this distinct form of SCID and indicates those who were treated with immunosuppressive and myeloablative therapy had a poor outcome.