High-Dose Therapy and Transplantation of Haematopoietic Stem Cells
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: June 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781405100199
Subjects: Haematology; Oncology; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Hematology; Immunology; HOMOGRAFTS; Medical / Immunology
First sentence: The finding by JACOBSON et al. [4] in 1949, that mice could be protected from the marrow lethal effects of ionizing total body irradiation (TBI) by shielding their spleens with lead marked the start of the modern era of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).