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Second donation of bone marrow: results from the Japan Marrow Donor Program (JMDP)

Bone Marrow Transplantation volume 37, pages 795–796 (2006)Cite this article

The method of bone marrow harvesting developed in the 1960s has been accepted throughout the world. A new stem cell source, peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC), was introduced in the 1990s, and cord blood is under investigation as another source.

In spite of the expansion of donor sources, the need to donate bone marrow stem cells twice remains in related transplantation as well as in unrelated donor banks. We at JMDP (Japan Marrow Donor Program) have accumulated data on bone marrow harvested twice from the same donor with at least 1 year between the two harvests as well as data from the recipients of those bone marrow donations. These data, obtained over the last 12 years, are presented.

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We thank Dr Hideki Origasa for the discussion about statistical matters.

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    H Akiyama, M Hara, M Hino, H Sao, Y Hoshi, H Ohto & S Kai

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Akiyama, H., Hara, M., Hino, M. et al. Second donation of bone marrow: results from the Japan Marrow Donor Program (JMDP). Bone Marrow Transplant 37, 795–796 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1705322

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