Sickle cell disease increases risk for transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy

SALT LAKE CITY — Sickle cell disease increased risk for transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy among children who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, according to study results.
This association — reported at Tandem Meetings | Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings of ASTCT and CIBMTR — persisted even though study participants with sickle cell disease were more likely than those without sickle cell disease to have 10/10 haploidentical matched sibling donors.
“It is very important to monitor patients with sickle cell disease and to

SALT LAKE CITY — Sickle cell disease increased risk for transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy among children who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, according to study results.
This association — reported at Tandem Meetings | Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings of ASTCT and CIBMTR — persisted even though study participants with sickle cell disease were more likely than those without sickle cell disease to have 10/10 haploidentical matched sibling donors.
“It is very important to monitor patients with sickle cell disease and to