What are the different types of bone marrow transplants for children?
As one of the Midwest’s leading pediatric bone marrow transplantation centers for children, we offer three types of BMT: • Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant – when marrow from an unrelated adult or pediatric donor is used • Synergeneic Bone Marrow Transplant – when marrow from an identical twin is used • Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant – when the pediatric patient’s own marrow is used Additional pediatric bone marrow transplant services include: • T-cell depleted transplants – T-cells sometimes — when transplanted to a patient — attack tissues and can cause graft versus host disease (GvHD). To minimize the chances that a patient will develop GvHD, specialists can modify the transplant before infusion by removing the T-cells. • Mini-transplants – non-myeloablative transplants do not completely destroy the patient’s diseased marrow. In this transplantation procedure, pediatric patients receive lower doses of chemotherapy drugs. • High-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell rescu
