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I think I must be missing something here, because this sounds like what they already do...?
When I first came out in hives, I was referred to dermatology, who took a skin biopsy to determine whether it was GvH or a drug reaction (they even said that they didn't want to give me steroid creams just in case it wasn't GvH, because they'd only make it worse). The result came back in about 5 days, and this was all only a few months ago, back in October.
So is this (supposedly?) new test was my skin biopsy was for? Or is this test truly new and it's quicker than 5 days or something? I must say, the skin biopsy wasn't that much more hassle than a blood test, really... I'm just confused as to what the breakthrough is here!
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36/F - 1984 SAA treated with ATG [complete remission until] Oct 08 - burst blood vessels in eyes and low platelets; Jan 09 - AA & hypo-MDS; July 09 - BMT (RIC MUD PSCT) July 10 - 10k for Anthony Nolan (1yr post BMT! 53:48) Sep 10 - Wedding!  I've run 5 marathons now!! (PB 3:30!)
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