Combined Umbilical Cord Blood and Bone Marrow transplantation in the treatment of Beta-Thalassemia Major

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Issue: Volume 17, Number 4

The authors report on three children with beta-thalassemia major, class II, III, and III according to the Pesaro classification, with a body weight of 16, 62, and 50 kg, respectively, who received grafts using both umbilical cord blood (UCB) and bone marrow (BM) stem cells from their HLA-matched siblings...