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Very Late Appearance of Acute Graft‐versus‐Host Disease after Tapering Immunosuppression
Author(s) -
Wollina Uwe,
Sayer Herbert G.,
Wollina Karin,
Graefe Tim
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2001.tb00068.x
Subject(s) - immunosuppression , medicine , graft versus host disease , complication , disease , transplantation , tapering , surgery , immunology , computer graphics (images) , computer science
Graft‐versus‐host disease (GVHD) is a major complication of stem cell transplantation. Here we report a 40‐year‐old woman who developed an acute GVHD 30 months after transplantation. Late and very late appearance of acute GVHD has only been described in rare cases.