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Late-onset graft-versus-host disease after pediatric living-related liver transplantation for Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Pediatric transplantation - 1 Sept 2011
Yuksekkaya Hasan Ali, Arikan Cigdem, Tumgor Gokhan, Aksoylar Serap, Kilic Murat, Aydogdu Sema
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GVHD is the most common and well-known cause of morbidity and mortality following allogeneic BM transplantation. The GVHD following OLT is an uncommon complication but has a high mortality and poses a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We herein discussed a 12-month-old girl with multi-system LCH, who developed end-stage liver disease despite intensive chemotherapy. She underwent ABO-compatible liver...
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