Bone Marrow Transplantation
- 1 June 1999
- journal article
- continuing education
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in The American Journal of Nursing
- Vol. 99 (6) , 26-32
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00000446-199906000-00039
Abstract
Bone marrow transplantation affects the immune system-and the patient's entire life. Here's a review of how the immune system responds to the preparative regimens required for transplantation, engraftment, post-transplant immune suppression, and system reconstitution.Keywords
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