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[Treatment algorithm for gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease].
Methods and findings in experimental and clinical pharmacology - 1 Dec 2010
McDonald G B
Abstract excerpt
Over the last decade, there has been a dramatic decline in the frequency of organ failure, infection, and severe acute CVHD as causes of non-relapse mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Gastrointestinal CVHD, however, remains a significant obstacle to survival. Patients who present with non-progressive symptoms of the upper gut phenotype of GVHD seldom progress to severe CVHD, but may...
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