Bone Marrow Purging

"Bone Marrow Purging" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Techniques for the removal of subpopulations of cells (usually residual tumor cells) from the bone marrow ex vivo before it is infused. The purging is achieved by a variety of agents including pharmacologic agents, biophysical agents (laser photoirradiation or radioisotopes) and immunologic agents. Bone marrow purging is used in both autologous and allogeneic BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION.

Descriptor ID	D016465
MeSH Number(s)	E02.120.142
Concept/Terms	Bone Marrow Purging Bone Marrow Purging Purging, Bone Marrow Hematopoietic Stem Cell Purging Hematopoietic Stem Cell Purging

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Blood Component Removal [E02.120]
Bone Marrow Purging [E02.120.142]

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