Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

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hematopoietic tissue transplantation, stem cell transplantation

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  • Hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation is used primarily for hematologic and lymphoid cancers but also for many other disorders (Table 1).
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is the only curative therapy for a large number of malignant and non-malignant diseases of the blood forming and immune systems.
  • In utero hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a therapeutic procedure that could potentially cure many developmental diseases affecting the immune and hematopoietic systems.
  • High-dose chemotherapy with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is effective for nasal and nasal-type CD56+ natural killer cell lymphomas.
  • Encephalopathy in pediatric patients after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is associated with a poor prognosis.

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