Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) has been the primary limitation to the wider application of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT). The pathophysiology of acute GVHD is complex and can be conceptualized to be a three-step process based on murine studies. In step 1, the conditioning regimen le
Acute graft-versus-host disease: Pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and management
✍ Scribed by Daniel Couriel; Humberto Caldera; Richard Champlin; Krishna Komanduri
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 187 KB
- Volume
- 101
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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