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List of Abbreviations<br />

MOPP mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine, prednisone<br />

MP melphalan, prednisone<br />

MRC Medical Research Council<br />

MVPP mechlorethamine, vinblastine, prednisone, procarbazine<br />

N<br />

NCI National Cancer Institute<br />

NCIC-CTG National Cancer Institute of Canada, Clinical Trials Group<br />

NHLCSG Italian Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Study Group<br />

NIH National Institutes of Health<br />

NK natural killer<br />

NMDP National Marrow Donor Program<br />

NRM nonrelapse mortality<br />

NS not significant<br />

O<br />

ORF open reading frame<br />

OS overall survival<br />

P<br />

PAP pulmonary arterial pressure<br />

PBMNC peripheral <strong>blood</strong> mononuclear cell<br />

PBPC peripheral <strong>blood</strong> progenitor cell<br />

PBSC peripheral <strong>blood</strong> stem cell<br />

PBSCT peripheral <strong>blood</strong> stem cell <strong>transplantation</strong><br />

PCI prophylactic cranial irradiation<br />

PCR polymerase chain reaction<br />

PE phycoerythrin<br />

PFS progression-free survival<br />

Ph Philadelphia chromosome<br />

PLP proteolipid protein<br />

PML polymorphonuclear leukocytes<br />

PMN polymorphonuclear<br />

POG Pediatric Oncology Group<br />

PPD purified protein derivative<br />

PR partial response<br />

PSC peripheral stem cell<br />

PSCT peripheral stem cell transplant<br />

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