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Bone marrow transplants are accompanied by serious and life-threatening risks. Furthermore, they are not always an absolute assurance of a cure for the underlying ailment; a disease may recur in the future.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoA bone marrow transplant is a high risk procedure with many complications. Risk of infection is high. The procedure can result in death or chronic illness.
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Which bone marrow transplant uses the patients own bone marrow?
it is called an autologous bone marrow transplant
What is known as harvesting bone marrow and receiving it later as a bone marrow transplant?
Autologous bone marrow transplant
When the donor is the patient himself it is what type of bone marrow transplant?
Autologous = own marrow Allogeneic = transplant from a related (or tissue matched) donor. Syngeneic = transplant from an identical twin.
Which is the year of the first bone marrow transplant in the US with success?
The first successful bone marrow transplant was in 1973.
Mrs gilmer's leukemia is being treated with a bone marrow transplant some of her bone marrow was harvested so that she will be able to receive a bone marrow transplant?
autologous
What type of bone marrow transplant usues bone marrow from a donor?
allogenic
How do use bone marrow in a sentence?
The bone marrow transplant was scheduled in a month.
What bone marrow is used in a bone marrow transplant?
the purpose of the bone marrow is to make up the bone
Has leukemia and requires a bone marrow transplant part of the treatment was the harvesting of her bone marrow so she could receive it later as a?
autologous bone marrow transplant, "auto" means "self"
Is Leukemia treatable?
You have to get a bone marrow transplant.
What year was the first bone marrow transplant performed?
1968 at the University of Minnesota by Robert A. Good
What type of bone transplant uses bone marrow from a donor?
Either a bone marrow or a stem cell transplant (although these days most stem cell transplants are obtained from blood).
