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SLE - hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for systemic lupus erythematosus
Richard K Burt1, Ann E Traynor
1Division of Immunotherapy, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA. rburt@nwu.edu
Arthritis Research & Therapy
|August 23, 2003
Abstract:
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation was first reported for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus in 1997. The procedure has since been performed worldwide including in Europe, in Brazil, and in China. A National Institutes of Health-funded phase III clinical trial of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for refractory systemic lupus erythematosus is anticipated to begin in 2003. Encouraging responses are raising new hope about the role of adult hematopoietic stem cells in systemic lupus erythematosus.