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The Role of the Microflora in Graft-versus-Host Disease After Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation

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The Role of Micro-organisms in Non-infectious Diseases

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Currently, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is an accepted treatment for many fatal diseases of the haemopoietic system, among them severe aplastic anaemia [1] and leukaemia [2]. Furthermore, patients suffering from fatal hereditary diseases that are associated with a dysfunction of the lymphoid system, such as severe combined immunodeficiency [3], and patients with inherited severe metabolic disorders [4] are being treated with bone marrow grafts. In total about 2500 patients are transplanted annually world-wide in 160 BMT centres.

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  1. Department of Immunohaematology and Blood Bank, University Hospital, 2333 AA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    René R. P. de Vries  & Jon J. van Rood  & 

  2. Department of Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, PO Box 26, 76 100, Rehovot, Israel

    Irun R. Cohen

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van Bekkum, D.W., Heidt, P.J. (1990). The Role of the Microflora in Graft-versus-Host Disease After Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation. In: de Vries, R.R.P., Cohen, I.R., van Rood, J.J. (eds) The Role of Micro-organisms in Non-infectious Diseases. Argenteuil Symposia. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1796-4_5

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