A Procedure Used to Decrease the Potential for GVHD in an Allogeneic

question 30

Multiple Choice

A procedure used to decrease the potential for GVHD in an allogeneic transplant is:

• A) Freeze thaw to kill lymphocytes
• B) Activation of CD4 cells and suppression of CD8 cells
• C) Purge of CD8 lymphocytes
• D) Apheresis

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Definitions:

Standardized Residuals

Residuals normalized to have a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one, used in regression analysis to identify outliers.

Regression Equation

An equation that estimates the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Predicted Values

These are values estimated based on a model, representing what is likely to happen under certain conditions according to that model.

Homoscedasticity

The condition where the variance of the residuals, or errors, in a regression model is constant across all levels of the independent variable.