Transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction analysis of DNA microsatellites: An autopsy case with immunohistochemical investigation

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 281-289

  Kumamoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Abe, Keiji ^b,c   Sawai, Takashi ^b   Hu, Shu Xin ^b   Akaihi, Takashi ^c   Ooya, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; DNA microsatellite; Immunohistochemistry; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis; Transfusion associated graft versus host disease (TA GVHD)

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FATALITY; GASTROSTOMY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIGENS, CD; AUTOPSY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHEMA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FATAL OUTCOME; GASTROSTOMY; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030203565     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.179.281     Document Type: Article

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