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Article: Potential risk identified in transfusions of platelets before bone marrow transplant.
- Article from:
- Blood Weekly
- Article date:
- August 27, 2009
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Research on blood transfusions points to a potential risk of transfusing donated platelets, especially to patients with bone marrow failure syndromes who are subsequently candidates for bone marrow transplantation (see also Emory University).
The results are online and scheduled for publication in the September 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Doctors have noticed a pattern in performing bone marrow transplants as a cure for diseases involving bone marrow failure: more transfusions before a bone marrow transplant correlates with a higher likelihood of rejection, says James Zimring, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and laboratory ...