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Lionel Rostaing1,2,3, Paolo Malvezzi1

  • 1Clinique Universitaire de Néphrologie, Unité de Transplantation Rénale, CHU Grenoble, La Tronche, France.

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Bone marrow transplant is a potential cure for several diseases, including cancer and specific genetic disorders. Notably, this procedure is applicable for patients suffering from aplastic anemia, certain types of leukemia, severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID), Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma, thalassemia, sickle-cell disease, and certain cancers.
The transplant begins with high doses of chemotherapy and radiation treatment, which aim to destroy...
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