Peripheral blood versus bone marrow for hematopoietic cell transplantation.
Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation is being used more frequently in both the autologous and allogeneic setting. The use of cytokines either alone or in conjunction with chemotherapy priming has made peripheral procurement of the stem cells through apheresis possible. Differences exist both in the composition of the graft and in subsequent posttransplantation immune reconstitution between peripheral blood stem cells and bone marrow. Reliable estimates of the comparative incidence of acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease following blood or marrow allogeneic transplantation are not yet available.
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University of Minnesota, Department of Medicine, Minneapolis 55455, USA.
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D001773:Blood Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D019650:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic