PMID: 9543748Aug 9, 1997Paper

Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation of unrelated donors; fewer complication, more donors

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde
G S LiemA Hagenbeek

Abstract

A female patient aged 37 years who suffered from chronic myeloid leukemia received an allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) from an HLA-matched unrelated donor. No life-threatening complications ensued; 2.5 years after BMT she is still in complete remission. Survival after BMT from an unrelated donor for the time being is still lower than that after BMT from a related donor, but is improving due to better prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections and better selection of registered donors by meticulous HLA matching.

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