Guest guest Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 , 's first BMT resulted in 3rd grade GVHD. Among other things, the GVH acted as chemo upon his body, depleting his bone marrow, so a 2nd BMT was required. SCID patients are unable to reject a graft, because their own body cannot mount any defenses to protect it. The graft, on the other hand, willl try to reject the host in which it resides. For this reason was on steroids and cyclosporine for a long time, but has now been off those meds for a couple of years. He's now doing great! Antipov mother to , 4 years old, X-SCID, 2 BMTS @ Duke, normal T cell function, SCIG weekly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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