Very late appearance of acute graft-versus-host disease after tapering immunosuppression.
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.
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Department of Dermatology and Allergology, School of Medicine, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Germany.
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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*
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents