title: [Bone marrow transplantation in severe aplastic anemia].
abstract: Bone marrow transplantations were performed on 15 patients (aged 5-39 years) with severe aplastic anaemia. Twelve patients are alive 76-1930 days (median 668 d) after transplantation, with complete haematopoetic recovery. Total-body radiation with 3.6 Gy in four patients, cyclosporin A administration to ten patients and buffy-coat transfusion to nine patients entirely prevented early rejection. Two patients died of pneumonia (aspergillus; varicella-zoster virus), one patient died of bleeding from a splenic-artery aneurysm. In patients under the age of 40 years with severe aplastic anaemia bone marrow transplantation as early as possible after diagnosis is the treatment of choice if HLA-identical siblings are available as donors. In patients over 40 years treatment should at first be tried with antithymocyte globulin.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000212:Acyclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003524:Cyclosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000276:immunology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; D017708:Leukocyte Transfusion; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014916:Whole-Body Irradiation
chemical_list: D003524:Cyclosporins; D007106:Immune Sera; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; C045781:cytomegalovirus-specific hyperimmune globulin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D000212:Acyclovir; D008727:Methotrexate
vernacular_title: Knochenmarktransplantation bei schwerer aplastischer Anämie.