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Blood and Platelet Transfusions before BMT
My son with SAA has received 4 ATG treatments 1 month ago and is on Cyclosporine/Prednisone. He is receiving approx 1 unit Platelets every week. Last RBC transfusion was in the hospital. We will not know if the treatment is working for at least another month. I have read that transfusions before a BMT can be harmful, decrease the chances of the success of the BMT. Many of the doctors at Barnes have told me they do not believe transfusions to decrease the transplant success. The risk is that he will develop antibodies to the Platelets and they just wont raise his count. Does anyone have any knowledge regarding this topic?
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