The formation and development of blood cells involving both proliferation and differentiation from stem cells. In adult mammals usually occurs in bone marrow.
Four of these patients rejected their grafts between 2 and 18 months post stem cell trasplantation, with recovery of autologous haemopoiesis. One patient eventually eradicated host haemopoiesis, at least to the limits of detectability.
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