{"title":"A report of haploidentical allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for inherited bone marrow failure in Sri Lanka.","authors":"Wasanthi Wickramasinghe, Revathi Raj, Shama Goonatillake, Anuja Abayadeera, Malik Samarasinghe, Jeewaka Galhenage, Pavithra Aarewatte, Devan Mendis, Chandima Thevarapperuma, Ruwangi Dissanayake, Lallindra Gooneratne","doi":"10.4038/cmj.v67i1.9554","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Bone marrow failure (BMF) in children can be idiopathic (70-80%) or inherited. Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is the only cure for both causes. Allogeneic HSCT requires a suitable donor. Many children will not have a HLA matched sibling or unrelated donor. A haploidentical donor is available for all children as eaazch parent will have at minimum a 50% HLA match. This report of a 7-year old girl with BMF treated with a haplo-HSCT, the first in Sri Lanka, highlights the importance of developing a haploidentical HSCT programme as a potential cure for a disease with a dismal outcome.</p>","PeriodicalId":9777,"journal":{"name":"Ceylon Medical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Ceylon Medical Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4038/cmj.v67i1.9554","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract: Bone marrow failure (BMF) in children can be idiopathic (70-80%) or inherited. Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is the only cure for both causes. Allogeneic HSCT requires a suitable donor. Many children will not have a HLA matched sibling or unrelated donor. A haploidentical donor is available for all children as eaazch parent will have at minimum a 50% HLA match. This report of a 7-year old girl with BMF treated with a haplo-HSCT, the first in Sri Lanka, highlights the importance of developing a haploidentical HSCT programme as a potential cure for a disease with a dismal outcome.
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The Ceylon Medical Journal, is the oldest surviving medical journal in Australasia. It is the only medical journal in Sri Lanka that is listed in the Index Medicus. The CMJ started life way back in 1887 as the organ of the Ceylon Branch of the British Medical Association. Except for a brief period between 1893 and 1904 when it ceased publication, the CMJ or its forbear, the Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the British Medical Association, has been published without interruption up to now. The journal"s name changed to the CMJ in 1954.