Nurse and Bone Marrow Transplant

Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) is the Main Cureavailable for Thalassamia

Introduction: The thalassamias refer to a diverse group of hemoglobin disorders characterized by a reduced synthesis of  one or more of globin chains (α,β, γ, δβ,γδβ, δ and εγδβ).The main cure available today for thalassamia is bone marrow transplantation (BMT)  from compatible donor.On December 3, 1981 a 14-month-old child with β-thalassemia major recieved BMT from his HLA-identical sister in...

Stem Cell Transplant/Bone Marrow Transplant

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Stem Cell Transplant/Bone Marrow Transplant

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The Role of Bone Marrow Aspiration and Bone Marrow Biopsy in Diagnosis of Bone Marrow Metastases

Background: Bone marrow is the site of many malignant disorders and it is one of the common places for solid tumors to metastasize. Examination of the bone marrow aspirate and biopsy is a routine procedure performed for assessment of various conditions such as cytopenias, hematologic neoplasms, nonmalignant disorders and metastatic neoplasms. Methods: The patients were referred to the Hema...

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: lung transplant or bone marrow transplant?

Anaesthetic implications for bone marrow transplant recipients.

Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) has become an accepted form of therapy for the treatment of a broad range of haematological, immunological, and inherited metabolic diseases. ~-4 In many cases it offers the opportunity for cure in previously incurable disease states. Examples include refractory leukaemias, aplastic anaemia, primary immunodeficiency syndromes, several inborn errors of metabolis...