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Bone Marrow Transplantation
Author(s) -
Yee Gary C.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
pharmacotherapy: the journal of human pharmacology and drug therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.227
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1875-9114
pISSN - 0277-0008
DOI - 10.1002/j.1875-9114.1987.tb03509.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bone marrow transplantation , disease , surgery , immunotherapy , graft versus host disease , bone marrow , transplantation , intensive care medicine , immune system , immunology
Since the 1970s major progress in bone marrow transplantation has resulted in long‐term survival and even cure for many patients with serious hematologic disease. Many patients undergoing the procedure, however, experience serious complications, including graft rejection, graft‐versus‐host disease, and infection. Preventing or treating these complications with drugs or other forms of immunotherapy is effective in many, but not all, patients.