Chimerism analysis is an important step for the patient follow-up after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. It is used to quantify the donor and the recipient part of a cell population issued from blood or bone marrow sample. In addition to hemogram, this technique is necessary to appreciate the quality of engraftment. The aim of this article is to propose some recommendation about methods, result analysis and therapeutic decision in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for malignant or non-malignant diseases.
Keywords: Blood; Chimerism; Chimérisme; Maladie résiduelle; Minimal residual disease; PCR quantitative; Real time PCR; Sang.
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