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Successful autologous bone marrow transplant without the use of blood product support

Bone Marrow Transplantation volume 26, pages 227–229 (2000)Cite this article

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We describe a successful autologous bone marrow transplant without the use of any blood products. The patient had relapsed large cell lymphoma. He was a Jehovah's Witness and would not accept transfusions of red blood cells or platelets. He enrolled in our Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Program and was maintained on a regimen of erythropoietin, iron, Amicar, and G-CSF throughout the transplant. He tolerated the transplant well and is alive with no evidence of disease 10 months after autografting. Bone Marrow Transplantation (2000) 26, 227–229.

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  1. University of Massachusetts Memorial Cancer Center, Worcester, MA, USA

    KK Ballen, H Waitkus, RVB Emmons, W Levy, P Doyle, FM Stewart, PJ Quesenberry & PS Becker

  2. Department of Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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Ballen, K., Ford, P., Waitkus, H. et al. Successful autologous bone marrow transplant without the use of blood product support. Bone Marrow Transplant 26, 227–229 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1702483

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