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SCT- CMV Virus vs Leukaemia Effect?

 

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HEMATOLOGY LETTERS FROM OMAHA 

Is There a Virus-Versus-Leukemia Effect?

By Mojtaba Akhtari, MD1 | June 21, 2011

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

The current dogma considers cytomegalovirus (CMV) seropositivity being associated with inferior outcomes post hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT).[1] However, there has been a notion of virus-versus-leukemia effect since the 1980s; and recently, there have been some interesting reports[2-4] which may turn this into a hot topic. read more....https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#inbox/132e3063c0da6710