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Immunosuppressive therapy

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Immunosuppressive therapy
Medical treatment in which the immune system is purposefully thwarted. Such treatment is necessary, for example, to prevent organ rejection in transplant cases.
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Only physicians experienced in immunosuppressive therapy and management of renal, cardiac or hepatic transplant patients should use CellCept.
Kendyl is among the 80 percent of those with aplastic anemia who respond well to immunosuppressive therapy, which uses drugs to kill off the white blood cells attacking the stem cells that produce red blood cells and platelets.
 
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