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{{Aplastic anemia}}
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'''Editor-In-Chief:''' Aric Hall, M.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA [mailto:achall@bidmc.harvard.edu]
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==Overview==
==Overview==
There is no surgical treatment for aplastic anemia.
==Surgery==
==Surgery==
===Surgery and Device Based Therapy===
There is no surgical treatment for aplastic anemia.
Treating aplastic anemia involves suppression of the [[immune system]], an effect achieved by daily [[medicine]] intake, or, in more severe cases, a [[bone marrow transplant]], a potential cure but a risky procedure. The transplanted bone marrow replaces the failing bone marrow cells with new ones from a matching donor. The [[pluripotency|pluripotent]] stem cells in the bone marrow reconstitute all three blood cell lines, giving the patient a new immune system, red blood cells, and platelets. However, besides the risk of graft failure, there is also a risk that the newly created white blood cells may attack the rest of the body ("[[graft-versus-host disease]]").
 
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==References==
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[[Category:Hematology]]
[[Category:Autoimmune diseases]]

Latest revision as of 23:35, 3 December 2018