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Third party mesenchymal stromal cell infusions fail to induce tissue repair despite successful control of severe grade IV acute graft-versus-host disease in a child with juvenile myelo-monocytic leukemia

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The authors wish to acknowledge the medical and ancillary staff of the LUMC Leiden and the Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam for contributing to the overall excellent care of the patient, Professor Dr Johannes Morreau; Pathology, LUMC for the pathological preparations; the Medical Photography Department of the LUMC; Dr Wouter Kollen Pediatrics, LUMC for preparing the illustrations and Dr Helene Roelofs of the Stem Cell Laboratory for the MSC cultures. This work is partly supported by grants from the Dutch Program for Tissue Engineering.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Immunology, Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

    L Ball, R Bredius, A Lankester & M Egeler

  2. Department of Gastro-Enterology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

    J Schweizer

  3. Department of Pediatrics Oncology/Hematology, Erasmus MC, Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    M van den Heuvel-Eibrink

  4. Department of Gastro-Enterology, Erasmus MC, Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    H Escher

  5. Department of Immunohematology and Stem Cell Research, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

    W Fibbe

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Ball, L., Bredius, R., Lankester, A. et al. Third party mesenchymal stromal cell infusions fail to induce tissue repair despite successful control of severe grade IV acute graft-versus-host disease in a child with juvenile myelo-monocytic leukemia. Leukemia 22, 1256–1257 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2405013

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