Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2013)

Risk of Cytomegalovirus Infection and Disease after Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation in Children

  • Pierre Alex Crisinel,
  • Michel Duval,
  • Delphine Thuillard Crisinel,
  • Brigitte Mallette,
  • Nathalie Bellier,
  • Marie-France Vachon,
  • Laurence Dedeken,
  • Céline Rousseau,
  • Bruce Tapiero,
  • Philippe Ovetchkine

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/159691
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 1
pp. e11 – e15

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Pediatric data regarding cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections in pediatric patients receiving umbilical cord blood (UCB) transplantation are sparse.