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ea0029oc3.3 | Diabetes Clinical | ICEECE2012

Diabetic ketoacidosis at diagnosis influences complete remission after treatment of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in adolescents with type 1 diabetes

Gu W. , Hu J. , Zhu D. , Tang W. , Li L. , Cui W. , Hong J. , Zhang Y. , Wang W. , Ning G.

Objective: To determine if autologous nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) was worthwhile to do in type 1 diabetes adolescents with diabetic ketoacidosis at diagnosis.Research Design and Methods: We enrolled 28 type 1 diabetes patients aged 14–30 years in a prospective AHSCT phase II clinical trial. Hematopoietic stem cells were harvested from the peripheral blood following a pretreatment consisting of a combination of cy...