SALT LAKE CITY — Prevalence of organ dysfunction appeared low among pediatric patients who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for sickle cell disease, according to retrospective study results.
“In this pediatric cohort of [patients with sickle cell disease] who received transplant with heterogenous conditioning intensity and donor matching, we don’t see a signal that they have much cardiac, pulmonary or neurologic dysfunction,” researcher Elizabeth O. Stenger, MD, assistant professor in the department of pediatrics in the division of hematology, oncology