An Introduction To Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation 18.01.24 Flashcards

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What are the two types of stem cell transplant

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Autologous and Allogeneic

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What is autologous stem cell transplants?

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Stem cells obtained from the patients, no rejection, stem cells frozen in lab before conditioning chemotherapy, for myeloma and lymphoma

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What are allogenic stem cell transplants

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Stem cells from a suitable donor, takes longer for immune system to recover, opportunistic infections common, for blood cancers which cannot be cured by chemotherapy

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When someone is a match , what does that mean in terms of genes…

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Match mean at HLA loci - 6 main HLA loci on each set of chromosome

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