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what is HSCT?
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) is an established non radiation chemotherapy medical treatment demonstrated to be effective to halt the progression in neurologic autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis. The aim of HSCT is to “reboot” the immune system, to stop it from attacking it’s own body.
What makes us your best treatment option
We are the largest patient volume autoimmune disease HSCT private treatment center in the world. Doctor Ruiz Argüelles and Doctor Gómez-Almaguer have performed more than 3,500 HSCT procedures during more than 20 years for hematological and autoimmune diseases, out of which over 1,600 have been for MS. Our transplant related mortality is less than 0.26%, among the safest treatment records in the world. Positive results have been achieved in over 80% of patients transplanted at Clinica Ruiz, which includes both relapsing and progressive patients.
Patients with a confirmed diagnosis of the following neurologic disorders are eligible for treatment:
Neurological
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS): RRMS, SPMS and PPMS
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- Transverse Myelitis (TM)
- Neuro Myelitis Optica (NMO / Devic’s desease)
- Myasthenia gravis (MG)
- Multifocal Motor Neuropathy (MMN)
Other autoimmune disease types
- Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS)
- Sjögren Syndrome (SS)
- Uveitis
- Scleroderma (all forms, not just systemic sclerosis)
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
- Vasculitis & vasculitis sub types
- Type I diabetes (transplantation must be performed within approximately ~4-6 months following initial diagnosis)
