Transfusion-associated graft-vs-host disease: A fatal case caused by blood from an unrelated HLA homozygous donor

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 732-737

  Gorman, T E ^a   Julius, C J ^a   Barth, R F ^a   Ng, A ^a   Kennedy, M S ^a   Prior, T W ^a   Allen, J ^a   Lasky, L C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Blood irradiation; GVHD; Immunocompetent; Open heart surgery; RBC transfusion; TA GVHD; Transfusion associated graft vs host disease

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; LIVER ENZYME; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW APLASIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IRRADIATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH;

BONE MARROW; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FATAL OUTCOME; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LYMPHOCYTES; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCYTOPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN;

EID: 0034425003     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/QE5G-N5QX-GQWX-N04M     Document Type: Article

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