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ReviewCurrent oncology reports2018

Updated Guidelines for the Treatment of Acquired Aplastic Anemia in Children.

Nao Yoshida, Seiji Kojima

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Review in Current oncology reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nao YoshidaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Medical Center, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital, 3-35, Michishita-cho, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, 453-8511, Japan.
Seiji KojimaDepartment of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan. kojimas@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daiichi Hospital · JPNagoya University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThis review aimed to provide updated guidelines for the management of children with acquired aplastic anemia (AA), particularly focusing on hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). RECENT

findingsFailure-free survival for children with aplastic anemia has been shown to be better after bone marrow transplantation (BMT) from matched or one-locus mismatched related donors (MRD/1MMRD) than after immunosuppressive therapy (IST). A combination of the absence of minor paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria clones and short telomere length was identified as a strong predictor of a poor response to IST. Upfront HSCT from matched unrelated donors (MUD) and MRD was recently demonstrated to have comparable outcomes. Moreover, unrelated cord blood transplantation (UCBT) and haploidentical HSCT have shown promising outcomes, and the fludarabine/melphalan-based regimen has resulted in excellent survival without poor graft function. BMT from MRD/1MMRD is the treatment of choice. When a MRD/1MMRD is not available, upfront BMT from a MUD should be considered for patients with only a slim chance of responding to IST. UCBT and haploidentical HSCT are promising options. This updated treatment algorithm should improve overall outcomes for children with AA.

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Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationImmunosuppressive AgentsAnemia, AplasticChildHumansPractice Guidelines as TopicImmunosuppressive AgentsAplastic anemiaBone marrow transplantationHematopoietic stem cell transplantationImmunosuppressive therapyTreatment guidelines

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