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Bone marrow transplant
A procedure in which bone marrow that is diseased or damaged is replaced with healthy bone marrow. The bone marrow to be replaced may be deliberately destroyed by high doses of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. The replacement marrow…
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- Juvenile diabetes See Diabetes, type 1
- Biopsy, bone marrow See: Bone marrow biopsy
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