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  • Title: [Treatment of aplastic anemia in children by bone marrow transplantation (author's transl)].
    Author: Wündisch GF.
    Journal: Klin Padiatr; 1977 Jan; 189(8):50-9. PubMed ID: 320373.
    Abstract:
    The course of a successful bone marrow transplantation in a 8 year old boy with severe aplastic anemia is presented. The boy lives now 22 months after bone marrow transplantation with normal bone marrow function and an essentially undisturbed performance; The indication for bone marrow transplantation for severe aplastic anemia in children is discussed. Despite improved intensive supportive care (antibiotics, infectious prophylaxis, substitution of blood components) and the treatment with corticosteroids and/or androgens the mortality of sever aplastic anemia in childhood is still high. The advantages of early bone marrow transplantation in severe cases are stressed.
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