Figure 5.
Serial determinations of donor chimerism and HbS fractions after transplantation.
(A) The fraction of donor cells in the blood (closed circles) and HbS fraction (open triangles) are depicted for 3 patients who had HbAA donors.(B) The fraction of donor cells and HbS in the blood are depicted for 2 patients who had HbAS donors.11
Abbreviations: BMT, bone marrow transplantation.
Reprinted with permission from the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Walters MC, Patience M, Leisening W, et al. Stable mixed hematopoietic chimerism after bone marrow transplantation for sickle cell anemia. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2001;7:665–673.