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                            | Here is a list of diseases for which stem cell treatment has been used: |  
                            | Acute Leukemias Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia
 Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
 Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
 Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
 
 
 
                                    Chronic LeukemiasChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
 Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
 Juvenile Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (JCML)
 Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)
 
                                    Myelodysplastic SyndromesAmyloidosis
 Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)
 Refractory Anemia (RA)
 Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts (RAEB)
 Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts in Transformation (RAEB-T)
 Refractory Anemia with Ringed Sideroblasts (RARS)
 
                                    Stem Cell DisordersAplastic Anemia (Severe)
 Congenital Cytopenia
 Dyskeratosis Congenita
 Fanconi Anemia
 Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
 
                                    Myeloproliferative DisordersAcute Myelofibrosis
 Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia (Myelofibrosis)
 Essential Thrombocythemia
 Polycythemia Vera
 
 Lymphoproliferative Disorders
 Hodgkin's Disease
 Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
 Prolymphocytic Leukemia
 
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                                    Liposomal Storage DiseasesAdrenoleukodystrophy
 Alpha Mannosidosis
 Gaucher's Disease
 Hunter's Syndrome (MPS-II)
 Hurler's Syndrome (MPS-IH)
 Krabbe Disease
 Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome (MPS-VI)
 Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
 Morquio Syndrome (MPS-IV)
 Mucolipidosis II (I-cell Disease)
 Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS)
 Niemann-Pick Disease
 Sanfilippo Syndrome (MPS-III)
 Scheie Syndrome (MPS-IS)
 Sly Syndrome, Beta-Glucuronidase Deficiency (MPS-VII)
 Wolman Disease
 
                                    Histiocytic DisordersFamilial Erythrophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
 Hemophagocytosis
 Histiocytosis-X
 Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis
 
                                    Inherited Erythrocyte AbnormalitiesBeta Thalassemia Major
 Blackfan-Diamond Anemia
 Pure Red Cell Aplasia
 Sickle Cell Disease
 
 Congenital (Inherited) Immune System Disorders
 Absence of T and B Cells SCID
 Absence of T Cells, Normal B Cell SCID
 Ataxia-Telangiectasia
 Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome
 Common Variable Immunodeficiency
 DiGeorge Syndrome
 Kostmann Syndrome
 Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency
 Omenn's Syndrome
 Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)
 SCID with Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency
 Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
 X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Disorder
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                                    Other Inherited DisordersCartilage-Hair Hypoplasia
 Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
 Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria
 Glanzmann Thrombasthenia
 Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
 Osteopetrosis
 Sandhoff Disease
 
                                    Inherited Platelet AbnormalitiesAmegakaryocytosis / Congenital Thrombocytopenia
 
                                    Plasma Cell DisordersMultiple Myeloma
 Plasma Cell Leukemia
 Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia
 
                                    Other MalignanciesBrain Tumors
 Ewing Sarcoma
 Neuroblastoma
 Ovarian Cancer
 Renal Cell Carcinoma
 Small-Cell Lung Cancer
 Testicular Cancer
 
                                    Autoimmune DiseasesMultiple Sclerosis (experimental)
 Rheumatoid Arthritis (experimental)
 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (experimental)
 
                                    Emerging Stem Cell Applications*Alzheimer's Disease
 Diabetes
 Heart Disease
 Liver Disease
 Muscular Dystrophy
 Parkinson's Disease
 Spinal Cord Injury
 Stroke
 
 Phagocyte Disorders
 Chediak-Higashi Syndrome
 Chronic Granulomatous Disease
 Neutrophil Actin Deficiency
 Reticular Dysgenesis
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