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Graft vs. host disease after liver transplantation: a new approach is needed.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society - 1 Aug 2007
Perri Roman, Assi Maha, Talwalkar Jayant, Heimbach Julie, Hogan William, Moore S Breanndan, Rosen Charles B
Abstract excerpt
Graft-vs.-host disease (GVHD) is a rare, serious complication of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). We have treated 5 patients to date with GVHD after OLT. A total of 78 patients worldwide have been reported to have experienced this complication. The means by which GVHD after OLT has been managed is guided by experience with the more common GVHD that occurs after stem cell transplantation. However, despite...
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