Which diseases need a bone marrow transplant?
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- Apollo Hospital Mumbai
- June 27, 2023
- Bone Marrow Transplant
A bone marrow transplant (BMT), also known as a stem cell transplant, is a medical procedure that involves replacing damaged or destroyed bone marrow with healthy bone marrow stem cells.
Bone marrow transplant may be performed for patients with following conditions:
Blood cell deficiencies:
- Aplastic anemia
- Fanconi anemia
Genetic immune-system disorders:
- Congenital neutropenia
- Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
- Severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome
- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Inherited blood disorders:
- Osteopetrosis
- Adrenoleukodystrophy
- Metachromatic leukodystrophy
- Hurler syndrome
- Red cell aplasia
- Beta thalassemia
- Sickle cell anemia
After aggressive cancer treatments with radiation or chemotherapy:
- Amyloidosis
Malignant blood diseases:
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- Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
- Hodgkin and non-hodgkin lymphoma
- Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
- Multiple myeloma
- Myelodysplastic syndromes and plasma cell disorders
Bone marrow transplant is being used experimentally with increasing success in autoimmune diseases including:
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- Multiple sclerosis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Lupus
- Systemic sclerosis
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Even unborn fetuses can now receive bone marrow transplants. Doctors have accomplished some success with in-utero transplants for immunodeficiency syndromes.
The blood and bone marrow transplantation centre at Apollo Hospitals Group, India has performed over 2500 transplants with an excellent success rate.
Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai is a trusted name in BMT for national as well as international patients, as the hospital has not just a highly qualified BMT team, but also very stringent infection control norms which are critical for BMT patients.
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