Post-transplant cyclophosphamide. A treatment strategy following hematopoietic cell transplantation to reduce the occurrence of complications, such as graft-versus-host-disease and graft rejection, particularly in patients whose donors are not fully HLA-matched. Purpura: Large areas of bruising.
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