Leukemia treatment: bone marrow stem cells vs peripheral blood stem cells

Subject: Leukemia treatment: bone marrow stem cells vs peripheral blood stem cells

Date: Tue May 19 07:03:33 2009
Posted by Ida
Grade level: undergrad School: Zagreb University
City: No city entered. State/Province: No state entered. Country: Croatia
Area of science: Medicine
ID: 1242741813.Me

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When treating leukemia with stem cell transplantation, what is the difference
between cells acquired from peripheral blood and bone marrow cells? 
If there is a significant difference, what types of cases are treated with which
method? Why?

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