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Chapter 7: Hematologic and Lymphatic Disorders

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Treatments for aplastic anemia?

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Treatment is determined by the cause of the patients condition. The treatment of choice is bone marrow transplant. With some antineoplastic medications and radiation therapy bone marrow suppression is expected. Splenectomy may be performed if hypersplenism is present. Steroids and androgens may stimulate bone marrow and immunosuppressive therapy with anti-thymocyte globulin and cyclosporine may be used in cases where bone marrow transplant or SCT.


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