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After a patient has had bone marrow disease, how can isolating them help to prevent rejection?
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Confusing: Can you restate your quetion? Are you talking about a bone marrow transplant? Isolation is required to prevent infections in people after bone marrow transplants, as the immune system is profoundly suppressed for a number of weeks and beyond.
Answered 5/3/2013
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