Chronic-graft-versus-host-disease-related polymyositis: a 17-months-old child with a rare and late complication of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Chronic-graft-versus-host-disease-related polymyositis: a 17-months-old child with a rare and late complication of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Background: Chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD) occurs in 20-30% of paediatric patients receiving haemopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Neuromuscular disorders such as polymyositis are considered a rare and distinctive but non-diagnostic manifestation of cGVHD and, in absence of othe...

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Main Authors: Matteo Chinello, Rita Balter, Massimiliano De Bortoli, Virginia Vitale, Ada Zaccaron, Elisa Bonetti, Paola Tonin, Gaetano Vattemi, Valeria Guglielmi, Simone Cesaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/4029

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