Acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) following orthotopic liver transplantation is a rare but severe disease with a 75% death rate in adults. Various therapeutic strategies have been proposed for steroid-refractory GVHD, but there is still no consensus. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha is a key inflamm
Mycophenolate mofetil for the treatment of acute and chronic steroid-refractory graft-versus-host disease
โ Scribed by Marta Krejci; Michael Doubek; Tomas Buchler; Yvona Brychtova; Jiri Vorlicek; Jiri Mayer
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 82 KB
- Volume
- 84
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0939-5555
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