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Two further examples of IgG thimerosal-dependent antibodies have been found by routine immunohematological tests carried out in our laboratory. Both antibodies fixed the complement and had no apparent blood group specificity. Their reactivity was inhibited by adding thimerosal to the serum prior to the addition of red blood cells. If cross matching is performed accordingly, thimerosal-dependent antibodies should not any longer represent a blood bank problem.

Four patients with glioblastoma multiforme were treated with high dose BCNU, 800 mg/m2, and autologous marrow transplantation. Two patients were treated in their first and 2 in their second remission. All patients are alive between 1 and 12 months from transplantation.