Gastrointestinal Bleeding, the First Presentation of Acute GVHD in Two Patients with Thalassemia after BMT

Engraftment by donor lymphocytes in an immunologically compromised host can result in donor T-cell activation against host major histocompatibility complex antigens, with resultant GVHD. The acute form of GVHD (aGVHD) is characterized by erythroderma, cholestatic hepatitis, and enteritis. The intes...

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Main Authors: A Ghavamzadeh, A Moosavi, A Hedayatiasl, R Taghipour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2004-03-01
Series:International Journal of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Research
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Online Access:https://ijhoscr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijhoscr/article/view/166