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Capillary versus venous haemoglobin determination in the assessment of healthy blood donors by Patel, A. J., Wesley, R., Leitman, S. F., Bryant, B. J.

“…Background and Objectives To determine the accuracy of fingerstick haemoglobin assessment in blood donors, the performance of a portable haemoglobinometer…”
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Persistence of recipient plasma cells and anti‐donor isohaemagglutinins in patients with delayed donor erythropoiesis after major ABO incompatible non‐myeloablative haematopoietic cell transplantation by Griffith, L. M., McCoy, J. P., Bolan, C. D., Stroncek, D. F., Pickett, A. C., Linton, G. F., Lundqvist, A., Srinivasan, R., Leitman, S. F., Childs, R. W.

“…Summary Delayed donor erythropoiesis and pure red‐cell aplasia (PRCA) complicate major‐ABO mismatched non‐myeloablative allogeneic stem‐cell transplantation…”
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The relationship between alloimmunization and posttransfusion granulocyte survival: experience in a chronic granulomatous disease cohort by Heim, K.F., Fleisher, T.A., Stroncek, D.F., Holland, S.M., Gallin, J.I., Malech, H.L., Leitman, S.F.

“…BACKGROUND: The efficacy of granulocyte transfusions in patients with HLA alloimmunization is uncertain. A flow cytometric assay using dihydrorhodamine 123…”
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Therapeutic plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulin for obsessive-compulsive disorder and tic disorders in childhood by Perlmutter, Susan J, Leitman, Susan F, Garvey, Marjorie A, Hamburger, Susan, Feldman, Elad, Leonard, Henrietta L, Swedo, Susan E

“…In children, exacerbations of tics and obsessive symptoms may occur after infection with group A β-haemolytic streptococci. If post-streptococcal autoimmunity…”
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Preparation of granulocyte concentrates by apheresis: collection modalities in the USA by Strauss, R. G., Klein, H. G., Leitman, S. F., Price, T. H., Lichtiger, B., Martinez, F., Reesink, H. W., Panzer, S.

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Tropical forest above‐ground productivity is maintained by nutrients cycled in litter by Sayer, E. J., Leitman, S. F., Wright, S. J., Rodtassana, C., Vincent, A. G., Bréchet, L. M., Castro, B., Lopez, O., Wallwork, A., Tanner, E. V. J.

“…Abstract Tropical forest productivity represents an important global carbon sink, but many tropical forests grow on infertile soils. Efficient nutrient cycling…”
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Patient‐specific transfusion‐related acute lung injury by Muniz, M., Sheldon, S., Schuller, R. M., Young, N. S., Klein, H. G., Leitman, S. F., Stroncek, D. F.

“…Transfusion‐related acute lung injury (TRALI) is one of the leading causes of transfusion‐associated mortality. The inadvertent transfusion of neutrophil…”
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Long-term in vivo survival of receptor-modified syngeneic T cells in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection by WALKER, R. E, BECHTEL, C. M, LEITMAN, S. F, PALENSKY, J, WITTES, J, DAVEY, R. T, FALLOON, J, POLIS, M. A, KOVACS, J. A, BROAD, D. F, LEVINE, B. L, ROBERTS, M. R, NATARAJAN, V, MASUR, H, LANE, H. C, BASELER, M, HEGE, K. M, METCALF, J. A, STEVENS, R, HAZEN, A, BLAESE, R. M, CHEN, C. C

“…To study human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-specific cellular immunity in vivo, we transferred syngeneic lymphocytes after ex vivo expansion and transduction…”
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Simulating system‐wide effects of reducing irrigation withdrawals in a disputed river basin by Leitman, S. F., Kiker, G. A., Wright, D. L.

“…Stakeholders in river systems often target larger upstream water consumers as an intuitive solution for increasing flows for downstream ecological needs…”
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Alloimmunization after granulocyte transfusions by Stroncek, D F, Leonard, K, Eiber, G, Malech, H L, Gallin, J I, Leitman, S F

“…Although granulocyte transfusions are recommended for neutropenic patients with bacterial infections that are unresponsive to antibiotic therapy, the presence…”
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Engraftment of hematopoietic progenitor cells transduced with the Fanconi anemia group C gene (FANCC) by Liu, J M, Kim, S, Read, E J, Futaki, M, Dokal, I, Carter, C S, Leitman, S F, Pensiero, M, Young, N S, Walsh, C E

“…Fanconi anemia (FA) is an autosomal recessive disorder that leads to aplastic anemia. Mutations in the FANCC gene account for 10-15% of cases. FA cells are…”
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Clinical usefulness of a functional assay for the von Willebrand factor cleaving protease (ADAMTS 13) and its inhibitor in a patient with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura by Rick, M.E., Austin, H., Leitman, S.F., Krizek, D.M., Aronson, D.L.

“…Decreased von Willebrand factor cleaving protease activity (VWFCP, ADAMTS 13) leads to persistence of unusually large multimers of von Willebrand factor that…”
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Paclitaxel Chemotherapy after Autologous Stem-Cell Transplantation and Engraftment of Hematopoietic Cells Transduced with a Retrovirus Containing the Multidrug Resistance Complementary DNA (MDR1) in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients by COWAN, K. H, MOSCOW, J. A, NOONE, M, DUNBAR, C, STEINBERG, S, WILSON, W, GOLDSPIEL, B, READ, E. J, LEITMAN, S. F, MCDONAGH, K, CHOW, C, ABATI, A, HUI HUANG, YU CHIANG, CHANG, Y. N, GOTTESMAN, M. M, PASTAN, I, NIENHUIS, A, ZUJEWSKI, J. A, O'SAUGHNESSY, J, SORRENTINO, B, HINES, K, CARTER, C, SCHNEIDER, E, CUSACK, G

“…The MDR1 multidrug resistance gene confers resistance to natural-product anticancer drugs including paclitaxel. We conducted a clinical gene therapy study to…”
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Principles of blood irradiation, dose validation, and quality control by Moroff, G., Leitman, S. F., Luban, N. L.

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Thromboembolism following removal of femoral venous apheresis catheters in patients with breast cancer by Saif, M. W., Leitman, S. F., Cusack, G., Horne, M., Freifeld, A., Venzon, D., PremKumar, A., Cowan, K. H., Gress, R. E., Zujewski, J., Kasten-Sportes, C.

“…Background: Apheresis catheters have simplified collection of peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC), but may be associated with thrombosis of the instrumented…”
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Prolonged CD4 depletion after sequential autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell infusions in children and young adults by MACKALL, C. L, STEIN, D, GRESS, R. E, FLEISHER, T. A, BROWN, M. R, HAKIM, F. T, BARE, C. V, LEITMAN, S. F, READ, E. J, CARTER, C. S, WEXLER, L. H

“…Administration of mobilized peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPCs) after high-dose chemotherapy rapidly restores multilineage hematopoiesis, but the ability…”
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Cyclosporine is required to prevent severe acute GVHD following T-cell-depleted peripheral blood stem cell transplantation by NAKAMURA, S. R, NAKAMURA, R, READ, E. J, LEITMAN, S. F, CARTER, C, CHILDS, R, DUNBAR, C. E, YOUNG, N. S, BARRETT, A. J

“…Reduced immunosuppression may improve immune recovery and increase the graft-versus-leukemia effect after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Furthermore,…”
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Granulocyte transfusions in severe aplastic anemia: an eleven-year experience by QUILLEN, Karen, WONG, Edward, SCHEINBERG, Phillip, YOUNG, Neal S, WALSH, Thomas J, WU, Colin O, LEITMAN, Susan F

“…Infections, particularly those caused by invasive fungi, are a major cause of death in patients with severe aplastic anemia. The purpose of this study was to…”
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Retroviral gene transduction of adult peripheral blood or marrow-derived CD34+ cells for six hours without growth factors or on autologous stroma does not improve marking efficiency assessed in vivo by EMMONS, R. V. B, DOREN, S, DUNBAR, C. E, ZUJEWSKI, J, COTTLER-FOX, M, CARTER, C. S, HINES, K, O'SHAUGHNESSY, J. A, LEITMAN, S. F, GREENBLATT, J. J, COWAN, K

“…Our previous work in patients undergoing autologous transplant for multiple myeloma (MM) or breast cancer (BC) has shown that retroviral transduction of adult…”
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A Controlled Comparison of the Efficacy of Hetastarch and Pentastarch in Granulocyte Collections by Centrifugal Leukapheresis by Lee, J.-H., Leitman, S.F., Klein, H.G.

“…Compared with hetastarch (HS), the low molecular weight analog pentastarch (PS) has been reported to be equally effective for granulocyte collection by…”
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