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Comment
. 2013 May 2;121(18):3544-5.
doi: 10.1182/blood-2013-03-487249.

Pharmacotherapy versus T lymphocytes for CMV

Helen E Heslop  1
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Pharmacotherapy versus T lymphocytes for CMV

Helen E Heslop. Blood. .

Abstract

In this issue of Blood, Blyth et al report a phase 2 study in 50 allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients who received donorderived cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific cytotoxic T cells (CTLs) and compare outcomes with a group of concomitant controls who were transplanted at the trial centers but who did not receive CTLs.

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Conflict-of-interest disclosure: The author declares no competing financial interests.

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