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Cutaneous graft-versus-host disease : a guide for the dermatologist

Häusermann, Peter and Walter, Roland B. and Halter, Jörg and Biedermann, Barbara C. and Tichelli, André and Itin, Peter and Gratwohl, Alois. (2008) Cutaneous graft-versus-host disease : a guide for the dermatologist. Dermatology, 216 (4). pp. 287-304.

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Abstract

Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is defined by the aggregation of clinical and pathological manifestations in a recipient of allogeneic stem cells or bone marrow transplantation in which specific immunological as well as nonspecific phenomena lead to characteristic features. GVHD is one of the major complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantations and responsible for posttherapeutic morbidity, mortality and decrease in quality of life of those patients. GVHD is critically induced and maintained by donor immunocompetent cells that particularly attack epithelia of fast proliferating tissues such as those from the liver, gastrointestinal tract and skin. On the basis of the time of presentation, cutaneous GVHD has been originally divided into an acute and chronic disease. The latter has traditionally been further subclassified into a more epithelial or lichenoid and a predominantly dermal or sclerodermoid form. With respect to the growing importance of this therapeutic procedure and increasing numbers of outpatients presenting with chronic GVHD, this article summarizes the updated knowledge on this disease focused for the dermatologist, and additionally it emphasizes the recent consensus documents on the various aspects of chronic GVHD of the National Institute of Health.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Allgemeine innere Medizin Bruderholz (Krapf)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Allgemeine innere Medizin Bruderholz (Krapf)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Hämatologie (Gratwohl)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Hämatologie (Gratwohl)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Diagnostische Hämatologie (Tichelli)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Diagnostische Hämatologie (Tichelli)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Spezialfächer (Klinik) > Dermatologie USB > Dermatologie und Venerologie (Itin)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Spezialfächer (Klinik) > Dermatologie USB > Dermatologie und Venerologie (Itin)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel > Dermatology (Itin)
UniBasel Contributors:Itin, Peter and Tichelli, André and Gratwohl, Alois A. and Biedermann, Barbara C. and Häusermann, Peter
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Further Journal Contribution
Publisher:Karger
ISSN:1018-8665
e-ISSN:1421-9832
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal item
Language:English
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