Publications

Periyavan, Sundar, Sudha Kumar, G. N. Mamatha, Santhosh Hegde, Suman Jain, Rakesh Dhanya, Rajat Kumar Agarwal, and Lawrence Faulkner. 2025. “HPLC First Approach in Detecting Thalassemia and Other Common Hemoglobinopathies Is More Cost and Time Effective”. Frontiers in Hematology Volume 4 - 2025. doi:10.3389/frhem.2025.1461498.

Agarwal, Rajat. (2025) 2025. “Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor-Primed Bone Marrow Transplantation Experience in 350 Matched Sibling Donor Grafts for Severe Thalassemia”. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. doi:10.1016/j.jtct.2025.01.890.

Agarwal, Rajat, Rakesh Dhanya, Amit Sedai, Kumari Ankita, Lalith Parmar, Stalin Ramprakash, Sandeep Elizabeth, et al. (2023) 2023. “Bone Marrow Quality Index: A Predictor of Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Thalassemia”. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy 29 (11): 711.e1-711.e6. doi:10.1016/j.jtct.2023.07.014.

Marwah, Priya, Stalin Ramprakash, Sai R, Mane Gizhlaryan, Deepa Trivedi, Vaibhav Shah, Amit Chitaliya, et al. (2022) 2022. “Is It Safe and Efficacious to Remove Central Lines in Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Patients With Platelets Less Than 20,000 μl?”. EJHaem 3 (1): 154-58. doi:10.1002/jha2.379.

Dhanya, Rakesh, Rajat Agarwal, Stalin Ramprakash, Deepa Trivedi, Vaibhav Shah, Neema Bhat, Mohan Reddy, et al. (2022) 2022. “Do Weekly Surveillance Cultures Contribute to Antibiotic Stewardship and Correlate With Outcome of HSCT in Children? A Multicenter Real-World Experience of 5 Years from the Indian Subcontinent”. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy 28 (3): 170.e1-170.e7. doi:10.1016/j.jtct.2021.12.008.

Faulkner, Lawrence, Marta Verna, Attilio Rovelli, Rajat Agarwal, Rakesh Dhanya, Lalith Parmar, Amit Sedai, et al. (2021) 2021. “Setting up and Sustaining Blood and Marrow Transplant Services for Children in Middle-Income Economies: An Experience-Driven Position Paper on Behalf of the EBMT PDWP”. Bone Marrow Transplantation 56 (3): 536-43. doi:10.1038/s41409-020-0983-5.

Mehta, Pallavi, Stalin Ramprakash, C Raghuram, Deepa Trivedi, Rakesh Dhanya, Rajat Agarwal, and Lawrence Faulkner. (2021) 2021. “Pre-Transplant Donor-Type Red Cell Transfusion Is a Safe and Effective Strategy to Reduce Isohemagglutinin Titers and Prevent Donor Marrow Infusion Reactions in Major ABO-Mismatched Transplants”. Annals of Hematology 100 (8): 2071-78. doi:10.1007/s00277-021-04571-3.

Marwah, Priya, Rajpreet Soni, Stalin Ramprakash, C Raghuram, Deepa Trivedi, Rajat Agarwal, Rakesh Dhanya, et al. (2020) 2020. “The Impact of Host Vs. Graft Mismatches on Rejection of Haploidentical Bone Marrow Transplants in Thalassemia Patients Using Posttransplant Cyclophosphamide”. Bone Marrow Transplantation 55 (9): 1824-28. doi:10.1038/s41409-019-0692-0.

Ramprakash, Stalin, C Raghuram, Priya Marwah, Rajpreet Soni, Deepa Trivedi, Sadaf Khalid, Naila Yaqub, et al. (2020) 2020. “Splenomegaly May Increase the Risk of Rejection in Low-Risk Matched Related Donor Transplant for Thalassemia, This Risk Can Be Partially Overcome by Additional Immunosuppression During Conditioning”. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation : Journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 26 (10): 1886-93. doi:10.1016/j.bbmt.2020.06.013.

Dhanya, Rakesh, Amit Sedai, Kumari Ankita, Lalith Parmar, Rajat Agarwal, Santhosh Hegde, Gayathri Ramaswami, et al. (2020) 2020. “Life Expectancy and Risk Factors for Early Death in Patients With Severe Thalassemia Syndromes in South India”. Blood Advances 4 (7): 1448-57. doi:10.1182/bloodadvances.2019000760.

Agarwal, Rajat, Amit Sedai, Kumari Ankita, Lalith Parmar, Rakesh Dhanya, Sunil Dhimal, Reshma Sriniwas, et al. (2019) 2019. “Information Technology-Assisted Treatment Planning and Performance Assessment for Severe Thalassemia Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Observational Study”. JMIR Medical Informatics 7 (1): e9291. doi:10.2196/medinform.9291.

Agarwal, Rajat Kumar, Rakesh Dhanya, Ankita Kumari, Lalith Parmar, Amit Sedai, Stalin Ramprakash, C P Raghuram, et al. (2025) 2019. “Information and Communication Technology Applied to Continuing Quality Improvement for the Care and Cure of Childhood Severe Hematological Disorders in India”. Blood 134: 3468-68. doi:10.1182/blood-2019-125106.

Ramprakash, Stalin, Rajat Kumar Agarwal, C P Raghuram, Pallavi Mehta, Deepa Trivedi, Priya Marwah, Rajpreet Soni, Rakesh Dhanya, and Lawrence Faulkner. (2025) 2019. “Incidence, Risk Factors and Outcomes of Veno-Occlusive Disease Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome (VOD SOS) in Children With Severe Thalassemia (ST) Conditioned With Busulfan- Cyclophosphamide (Bu-Cy) Based Regimen”. Blood 134: 4499-99. doi:10.1182/blood-2019-130841.

Agarwal, Rajat Kumar, Rakesh Dhanya, Stalin Ramprakash, C P Raghuram, Pallavi Mehta, Deepa Trivedi, Shruthi Jayapal, Sandeep S, and Lawrence Faulkner. (2025) 2019. “Peripheral Blood to Marrow Collection White Cell Count Ratio As an Indicator of Harvest Quality and Transplant Outcomes in G-CSF-Primed Marrow Grafts”. Blood 134: 4473-73. doi:10.1182/blood-2019-125111.

Dhanya, Rakesh, Rajat Kumar Agarwal, Amit Sedai, Ankita Kumari, Lalith Parmar, Santhosh Hegde, , et al. (2025) 2019. “Assessment of Mortality and Its Associated Risk Factors in Patients With Transfusion Dependent Thalassemia in India”. Blood 134: 973-73. doi:10.1182/blood-2019-125151.

Elizabeth, Sandeep. 2018. “Patterns of Central Line Infections in Two Bone Marrow Transplant Units in India Among Children Undergoing Allogeneic Transplant for Thalassaemia”. Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 3: S56. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phoj.2018.11.161.

Priya, Geetha, Sandeep Remya, Kuldeep Divya, Sai Prasad, Neema Bhat, Deepa Trivedi, Shailesh Lavana, Amit Chitailya, Rajat Agarwal, and Stalin Ramprakash. 2018. “Safety And Cost Effectiveness Of Removal Of Tunnelled Hickman Line U Nder Local Anaesthesia Vs Short General Anesthesia”. Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 3: S56. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phoj.2018.11.160.

Ramprakash, Stalin, Neema Bhat, C.P. Raghuram, Deepa Trivedi, Shailesh Lavana, Rajat Agarwal, and Lawrence Faulkner. 2018. “Prevalence of Gut Colonization by Muti-Drug Resistant Bacteria Among Children With Thalassemia at Admission for Bone Marrow Transplant in Two Transplant Centers in India”. Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 3: S41-S42. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phoj.2018.11.119.

Ramprakash, S, R Agarwal, R Dhanya, A Sedai, A Kumari, L Parmar, R Srinivas, et al. (2017) 2017. “Rejection of Paternal Vs Maternal Fully Matched Bone Marrow Grafts in Children With Thalassemia”. Bone Marrow Transplantation 52 (11): 1585-86. doi:10.1038/bmt.2017.199.

Agarwal, Rajat, Amit Sedai, Kumari Ankita, Lalith Parmar, Rakesh Dhanya, Sunil Dhimal, Reshma Shriniwas, et al. 2017. “Multi-Institutional, Retrospective Review of Blood Transfusion Practices and Outcomes in a Large Cohort of Thalassemia Patients in South India”. Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 2: 74-78. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phoj.2017.12.001.

Ramprakash, Stalin, Rajat Agarwal, Rakesh Dhanya, Priya Marwah, Rajpreet Soni, Naila Yaqub, Itrat Fatima, et al. 2017. “Low-Cost Matched Sibling Bone Marrow Transplant for Standard-Risk Thalassemia in a Limited-Resource Setting”. Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 2: 107-13. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phoj.2017.12.002.

Parmar, Lalith, Amit Sedai, Kumari Ankita, Rakesh Dhanya, Rajat Agarwal, Sunil Dhimal, Reshma Shriniwas, et al. 2017. “Can Inequity in Healthcare Be Bridged in LMICs – Multicentre Experience from Thalassemia Day Care Centres in India”. Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 2: 88-93. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phoj.2017.12.006.

Ramprakash, Stalin, Rajat Agarwal, Rakesh Dhanya, Priya Marwah, Rajpreet Soni, Naila Yaqub, Itrat Fatima, et al. 2017. “Role of G-CSF Priming of Donor Marrow Prior to Transplant in Low Risk HLA Matched Sibling Transplant in Children With Severe Thalassemia”. Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 2: S22. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phoj.2017.11.073.

Agarwal, Rajat, Ankita Kumari, Amit Sedai, Lalith Parmar, Rakesh Dhanya, and Lawrence Faulkner. (2017) 2017. “The Case for High Resolution Extended 6-Loci HLA Typing for Identifying Related Donors in the Indian Subcontinent”. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation : Journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 23 (9): 1592-96. doi:10.1016/j.bbmt.2017.05.030.

Faulkner, Lawrence, Cornelio Uderzo, Sadaf Khalid, Priya Marwah, Rajpreet Soni, Naila Yaqub, Samina Amanat, et al. (2017) 2017. “ATG Vs Thiotepa With Busulfan and Cyclophosphamide in Matched-Related Bone Marrow Transplantation for Thalassemia”. Blood Advances 1 (13): 792-801. doi:10.1182/bloodadvances.2016004119.

Agarwal, Rajat, Kumari Ankita, Prabha Gowda, Shyam Agarwal, Anoop Sabnavis, Ramya Panthangi, Amit Sedai, and Sundar Periyavan. (2016) 2016. “Managing Rare Blood Group Requests - Bombay Oh Phenotype: Our Experience With www.bombaybloodgroup.Org”. Blood Transfusion = Trasfusione Del Sangue 14 (1): 89-90. doi:10.2450/2015.0072-15.

Agarwal, Rajat, Sundar Periyavan, Rakesh Dhanya, Lalith Parmar, Amit Sedai, Kumari Ankita, Arpit Vaish, Ritesh Sharma, and Prabha Gowda. (2016) 2016. “Complications Related to Blood Donation: A Multicenter Study of the Prevalence and Influencing Factors in Voluntary Blood Donation Camps in Karnataka, India”. Asian Journal of Transfusion Science 10 (1): 53-8. doi:10.4103/0973-6247.165840.

Agarwal, Rajat, Rakesh Dhanya, Lalith Parmar, Arpit Vaish, Amit Sedai, and Sundar Periyavan. (2015) 2015. “A Study of the Noncompliance of Blood Banks on Safety and Quality Parameters in Blood Donation Camps in Bengaluru”. Asian Journal of Transfusion Science 9 (1): 23-8. doi:10.4103/0973-6247.150942.

Agarwal, Rajat, Amit Sedai, Sunil Dhimal, Kumari Ankita, Luigi Clemente, Sulman Siddique, Naila Yaqub, et al. (2014) 2014. “A Prospective International Cooperative Information Technology Platform Built Using Open-Source Tools for Improving the Access to and Safety of Bone Marrow Transplantation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries”. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 21 (6): 1125-8. doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2013-002594.