Bone Marrow Transplantation: Indications

Indications of Allogeneic BMT (from a donor):
1-Adult AML-in certain conditions
2- Adult ALL -in certain conditions
3- Aplastic anemia
4- Chronic myeloid leukemia
5- Myelodysplasia
6- Multiple myeloma (stage II/III)
7- Primary immunodeficiency syndromes
8- Thalassemia major
9- Sickle cell disease
10- Inborn errors of metabolism
11- Relapsed aggressive histology Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
12- Relapsed Hodgkin's lymphoma

Indications of autologus BMT (from the same patient):
1- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma -in certain conditions
2- Hodgkin's lymphoma -in certain conditions
3- Adult AML
4- Adult ALL
5- Multiple myeloma (stage II/III)
6- AL amyloidosis

Reference: Oxford Handbook of Clinical Haematology
2nd Edition 2004

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