Abstract
To candidate children as bone marrow donors raises two main concerns: donor safety and adequate marrow cell dose. Data in the field are limited and guidelines for child donor care management are lacking. In this context, we herein report the experience collected in our center by comparing very-young donors (defined as age ≤ 3 years) with young donors (defined as age > 3 years) who donated bone marrow (BM) for patients affected by beta-globin disorders.
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Paciaroni, K., Alfieri, C., Isgrò, A. et al. One single bone marrow harvesting from donors under 3 years of age: assessing safety and efficacy of the procedure. Bone Marrow Transplant 54, 1121–1123 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-018-0415-y
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