We report a case of transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease in a previously healthy, 68-year-old Japanese man following an emergency surgery for an acute aortic dissection. We confirmed the chimerism of lymphocytes and the effect of drug therapy using DNA polymorphism analysis. This method
Transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease in immunocompetent patients: case series and review of the literature
β Scribed by Kemal Agbaht; Neriman Defne Altintas; Arzu Topeli; Ozay Gokoz; Osman Ozcebe
- Book ID
- 109143671
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 189 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0372-1248
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