Autologous peripheral SCT has largely replaced BMT for the treatment of cancer in both adults and children. Cells are collected by apheresis. The technique has been widely used in France since its ...

Autologous blood and marrow transplantation (ABMT) is useful in the treatment of selected patients with hematologic malignancies. In recent years, hematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) mobilization ...

MACROGLOBULINEMIA of Waldenström is a disease of the reticuloendothelial system characterized by a marked increase in the serum gamma macroglobulin concentration. It occurs most frequently in elderly ...

Hematology was consulted and plasmapheresis was immediately scheduled. A Quinton catheter was placed in the internal jugular vein under ultrasound guidance. Mr. R underwent plasmapheresis daily while ...

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