Successful resolution of severe graft versus host disease after liver transplantation correlating with disappearance of donor DNA from the peripheral blood

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 830-832

  Angus, Peter W ^a,b   Paizis, G ^b   Tait, B D ^b   Kyle, P ^b   Grigg, A P ^b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; REMISSION;

EID: 0344527985     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1998.tb01563.x     Document Type: Article

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