title: Very late appearance of acute graft-versus-host disease after tapering immunosuppression.
abstract: Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a major complication of stem cell transplantation. Here we report a 40-year-old woman who developed an acute GVHD 30 months after transplantation. Late and very late appearance of acute GVHD has only been described in rare cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Allergology, School of Medicine, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wollina
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Sayer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wollina
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Graefe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents