Table 1 Patients’ characteristics in the prospective and the retrospective study group

Patients n

18

17

year of transplantation

1999-2001

1995-1999

Age at study entry

median (range)

37 years (16–49)

40 years (22–59)

male

12

8

female

6

9

chronic myeloid leukemia

7

9

acute lymphoblastic leukemia

4

4

acute myelogenous leukemia

3

2

myelodysplastic syndrome

2

2

chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

1

0

osteomyelofibrosis

1

0

Donor type

n = 17*

related

9

13

unrelated

8

4

HLA-identical

15

16

HLA-1-mismatch

2

1

bone marrow

3

16

peripheral blood

14

1