Total lymphoid irradiation for treatment of drug resistant chronic GVHD.
We report our experience with total lymphoid irradiation (TLI) in three patients with GVHD which had failed to respond to standard drug treatment. The clinical manifestations of GVHD markedly improved with TLI treatment.
Bullorsky
E O
EO
British Hospital of Buenos Aires, Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Argentina.
Shanley
C M
CM
Stemmelin
G R
GR
Musso
A
A
Rabinovich
O
O
Ceresetto
J
J
Quiroga
L
L
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D015466:Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic-Phase / Q000601:surgery; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000601:surgery