Unrelated cord blood transplantation in an infant with severe multisystem Langerhans cell histiocytosis: clinical outcome, engraftment and culture of monocyte-derived dendritic cells.

Reports on an unrelated cord blood transplantation in an infant with severe multisystem Langerhans cell hystiocytosis (LCH) and its clinical outcome, engraftment and culture of monocyte-derived dendritic cells. Characterization of LCH and its symptoms in children younger than 2 years; Details of umbilical cord blood transplantation and engraftment of donor hematopoiesis in an infant patient; Complications of post-transplant clinical course and treatment with stem cell transplantation; Evidence from the data for the concept of treating LCH with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with related or unrelated donors.