Reversal of pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension in a patient with sickle cell anemia who underwent haploidentical peripheral blood stem cell transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2017 Apr;52(4):641-642. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2016.335. Epub 2017 Jan 9.

Authors

C Pittman¹, M M Hsieh², W Coles², J F Tisdale², N A Weir¹, C D Fitzhugh^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Sickle Cell Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
² Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Allografts
Anemia, Sickle Cell / physiopathology
Anemia, Sickle Cell / therapy*
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / blood
Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology
Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
Hypertension, Pulmonary / therapy*
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation*

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