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Monitoring systemic donor lymphocyte macrochimerism to aid the diagnosis of graft-versus-host disease after liver transplantation.
Transplantation - 15 Feb 2004
Taylor Anna L, Gibbs Paul, Sudhindran Surendran, Key Tim, Goodman Reyna S, Morgan C Helen, Watson Christopher J E, Delriviere Luc, Alexander Graeme J, Jamieson Neville V, Bradley J Andrew, Taylor Craig J
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BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) after liver transplantation can be difficult because early symptoms are often nonspecific. In this study, the presence of donor lymphocyte macrochimerism in recipient peripheral blood was examined as a diagnostic aid for GvHD after cadaveric donor liver transplantation. METHODS: Between 1996 and 2002, 33 liver transplant recipients with a clinical...
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