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Q&As on this topic

1. I have sickle cell trait. Can I be a bone marrow donor?

last reviewed: 31.01.2007

2. I am Portuguese and may need a bone marrow transplant in the future. Will my brothers and sister have to come from Portugal to be tested?

last reviewed: 31.01.2007

3. Do they take bits of your bones away when you donate bone marrow?

last reviewed: 20.08.2004

4. My son has leukaemia, and needs a bone marrow transplant. We are black African-Caribbean. We can't find a match. Does the donor have to be from the same ethnic group?

last reviewed: 20.08.2004

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