State-of-the-art acute and chronic GVHD treatment

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 452-466

  Jamil, Muhammad Omer ^a   Mineishi, Shin ^b  

^a Heerskink School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute GVHD (graft versus host disease); Chronic GVHD; Treatment of GVHD

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84937764080     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: 18653774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12185-015-1785-1     Document Type: Review

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