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Old Fri Jul 8, 2011, 12:28 PM
Marlene Marlene is offline
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Success in half match transplants

Here's an article on the success of doing half match transplants at Hopkins. This good news for those who are not successful in finding a matching donor. They've minimized GVHD by utilizing cytoxan after the transplant.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0707101956.htm
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Marlene, wife to John DX w/SAA April 2002, Stable partial remission; Treated with High Dose Cytoxan, Johns Hopkins, June 2002. Final phlebotomy 11/2016. As of July 2021 HGB 12.0, WBC 4.70/ANC 3.85, Plts 110K.
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