A 64-Year-Old Patient Received an SCT in March

A 64-year-old patient received an SCT in March.Two weeks after the transplant,the physician ordered a routine blood count.The patient's ANC is 12 ×10⁹/L,and his platelet count is 65 × 10⁹/L.Chimerism studies were performed 6 months after his transplant using VNTR polymorphisms,which indicated a partial chimerism.Interpret these results regarding what they mean for the patient.

A) The patient achieved short-term and long-term engraftment.
B) The patient achieved long-term engraftment but not short-term engraftment.
C) The patient achieved short-term engraftment,but long-term results are indeterminate.
D) The patient did not achieve engraftment at all.