"Bone Marrow Purging" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Techniques for the removal of subpopulations of cells (usually residual tumor cells) from the bone marrow ex vivo before it is infused. The purging is achieved by a variety of agents including pharmacologic agents, biophysical agents (laser photoirradiation or radioisotopes) and immunologic agents. Bone marrow purging is used in both autologous and allogeneic BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION.
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D016465
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.120.142
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bone Marrow Purging" by people in Profiles.
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Minimal residual disease detection after myeloablative chemotherapy in chronic lymphatic leukemia. J Mol Med (Berl). 1999 Feb; 77(2):259-65.
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