Seminars in Hematology
Volume 44, Issue 4 , Pages 278-285 , October 2007

Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Autoimmune Diseases

  • Jakob Passweg

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
    • ,
  • Alan Tyndall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology, Felix-Platter Spital, Basel, Switzerland.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Professor Alan Tyndall, Department of Rheumatology, University of Basel, Felix-Platter Spital, Burgfelderstrasse 101, Basel 4012, Switzerland.

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 Supported in part by the Horton Foundation, Switzerland, and by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR).

PII: S0037-1963(07)00117-5

doi: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2007.08.001

Seminars in Hematology
Volume 44, Issue 4 , Pages 278-285 , October 2007

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