Some older children may have it performed under sedation and local anaesthetic. A bone marrow biopsy is a safe test. Your child’s doctor or nurse talks with you about any possible problems they might ...

Two types of samples are taken. One is called a bone marrow biopsy. It is obtained by removing a small piece of the bone along with the marrow inside the bone. The second sample is called a bone ...

Certain disease processes can affect the bone marrow, and bone marrow aspiration and core biopsy are the only diagnostic tests that can be used to evaluate these cell lines. Evaluation of bone ...

Since the drug (Ganciclovir) used for treatment of cytomegalovirus infection is toxic to bone marrow function, the child was given donor-derived white blood cells responsible for immune recovery ...