title: [Treatment of severe aplastic anemia].
abstract: 58 patients with severe aplastic anemia (SAA) were treated and evaluated in a prospective study either by bone marrow transplantation (BMT) or by antilymphocyte globulin (ALG). 19 patients were treated with BMT; 9 are still alive 6 months to 5 years after BMT (47%). 39 patients were treated with ALG; 28 are alive 5 months to 5 years after ALG (72%). 24 of these 28 are self-sustaining and in remission. The results show that treatment with ALG is probably superior to treatment with BMT, and also demonstrate that most patients with SAA have a pool of hematopoietic stem cells able to repopulate the marrow after this type of treatment.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000628:therapy*; D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003524:Cyclosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006087:Graft vs Host Reaction; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology; D006648:Histocompatibility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum; D003524:Cyclosporins
vernacular_title: Behandlung der schweren aplastischen Anämie.