Dr. Alana Adele Kennedy-nasser MD
Hematologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
6621 Fannin St Mc3-3320 Houston TX, 77030About
Dr. Alana Kennedy-nasser is a pediatric hematologist practicing in Houston, TX. Dr. Kennedy-nasser specializes in treating children that have a blood disease or cancer. Such blood diseases include disorders of red blood cells, white blood cells and/or platelets. The types of cancers that Dr. Kennedy-nasser treats include leukemias, lymphomas and certain tumors. Dr. Kennedy-nasser can also treat bleeding disorders in children. Pediatric hematologists can be found in childrens hospitals, community hospitals, university medical centers and more.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Adoptive immunotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- T cell therapies following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: surely there must be a better way than DLI?
- T-cell therapy after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
- Comparable outcome of alternative donor and matched sibling donor hematopoietic stem cell transplant for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in first or second remission using alemtuzumab in a myeloablative conditioning regimen.
- Cytotoxic T lymphocyte therapy with donor T cells prevents and treats adenovirus and Epstein-Barr virus infections after haploidentical and matched unrelated stem cell transplantation.
- Hodgkin disease and the role of the immune system.
- Immunotherapy for epstein-barr virus-related lymphomas.
- Significant morbidity and mortality attributable to rothia mucilaginosa infections in children with hematological malignancies or following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
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