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If the patient have no brother and sister then bone marrow transplant is possible? if possible then who can be?
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Donor pool: In the us there are several centers that maintain the tissue and blood type profiles of persons who volunteer to be marrow donors. While it is much more common for close family to be considered, unrelated persons can be screened for compatibility.
Answered 2/3/2014
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