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Is Cord Stem Transplant Is A Better Option For A Fanconi IVF Child?
for fanconi case in an ivf child, age 5yrs no sibling,no match from parents and extended family, is chord stem transplant is a better option or should wait for a match???child is on steroids and had 1 blood transfusion last week.which is a good place (hospital)in india for this.
Wed, 10 Oct 2018
Hi,
Advantages of a cord blood transplant are that the cord blood does not have to be as closely matched to the patient; a transplant complication called graft-verse-host disease is less common and less severe after cord blood transplant than after a transplant of peripheral blood stem cells.
A disadvantage of an unrelated donor cord cell transplant is that the immune system is depressed. Until it recovers the patient is susceptible to infections.
A cord stem cell transplantation has to be done at a very specialized center. You ought to contact a pediatric hematologist/oncologist at a University Medical School Hospital.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Arnold Zedd,
Pediatrician
Advantages of a cord blood transplant are that the cord blood does not have to be as closely matched to the patient; a transplant complication called graft-verse-host disease is less common and less severe after cord blood transplant than after a transplant of peripheral blood stem cells.
A disadvantage of an unrelated donor cord cell transplant is that the immune system is depressed. Until it recovers the patient is susceptible to infections.
A cord stem cell transplantation has to be done at a very specialized center. You ought to contact a pediatric hematologist/oncologist at a University Medical School Hospital.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Arnold Zedd,
Pediatrician
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