GVHD Prophylaxis

Review
In: The EBMT Handbook: Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies [Internet]. 8th edition. Cham (CH): Springer; 2024. Chapter 26.
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Excerpt

A potentially life-threatening complication of allo-HCT is graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), which occurs when T-cells from the recipient recognize host antigens on healthy tissues. Despite 50 years of history and over half a million procedures performed worldwide, GVHD remains a challenging issue that physicians are facing on a daily basis.

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