A child with acute myeloblastic leukemia is scheduled to have a bone marrow transplant (BMT).The donor is the child's own umbilical cord blood that had been previously harvested and banked.This type of BMT is termed
A) Autologous
B) Allogeneic
C) Syngeneic
D) Stem cell

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The scenario describes a bone marrow transplant in which the donor is the child's own umbilical cord blood that had been previously harvested and banked. This type of BMT is called autologous, meaning the donor and recipient are the same individual.

A Child with Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia Is Scheduled to Have