Parental Consent for Bone Marrow Transplantation in the Case of Genetic Disorders
โ Scribed by Cynthia A. Prows; Gail C. McCain
- Book ID
- 111320582
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 770 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1539-0136
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Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is gaining increasing acceptance as a therapeutic treatment modality and is being offered to patients even in the early stages of disease in the presence of minimal debilitating symptoms. Despite this, little is known regarding patients' and physicians' perceptions
Consideration of a bone marrow transplant (BMT) for a child with a genetic disease depends upon many factors including the pathophysiology of the disorder, the natural history of the disease, whether an alternative therapy exists and whether a donor is available. Children with disorders such as seve