PMID: 6986180Feb 1, 1980Paper

Total lymphoid irradiation and cyclophosphamide as preparation for bone marrow transplantation in severe aplastic anemia.

Blood
N K RamsayJ H Kersey

Abstract

A new combination of total lymphoid irradiation and cyclophosphamide was used prior to bone marrow transplantation in an attempt to achieve decreased rejection rates and graft-versus-host disease. Nine previously transfused patients with severe aplastic anemia received marrow from an HLA-identical, MLC-compatible sibling following this preparative regimen. There were no episodes of graft rejection, and only one patient developed graft-versus-host disease. Of the 9 patients, 7 (78%) are surviving with a median follow-up of 400 days. The excellent results of this pretransplant combination of total lymphoid irradiation and cyclophosphamide warrants application of this regimen to a larger series of patients.

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