Aim: Chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD) is a major cause of morbidity postallogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplant (PBSCT). There is paucity of literature describing incidence, risk factors, characteristics, and outcome of cGVHD in children undergoing haploidentical PBSCT with post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy). Here, we describe our experience from our center regarding the same.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Mulibrey-Nanism (Muscle-liver-brain-eye Nanism = dwarfism; MUL) is a rare genetic syndrome. The underlying TRIM37 mutation predisposes these children to develop tumors frequently. In the largest published series of MUL, 8% patients were reported to develop Wilms tumor (WT).
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