Glossary

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Petechiae
Small dark purple spots under the skin, caused by blood leaking from blood vessels.

Platelets
Cells which help blood clot.

Pyrexia
Temperature above normal range.

P.B.S.C.
Peripheral blood stem cells. Cells collected from the peripheral blood using a cell separator machine, sometimes in place of bone marrow harvest.

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