title: Korean red ginseng: a new approach for the treatment of graft-versus-host disease after liver transplantation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a rare complication after liver transplantation with an extremely poor prognosis; its occurrence offers great challenges.
  
  
  METHODS
  We have reported herein one case of acute GVHD after liver transplantation who was treated with a traditional Chinese medicine named Korean Red Ginseng (KRG).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The acute GVHD was successfully cured by KRG.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The successful salvage of acute GVHD after liver transplantation by KRG may provide a new viable therapeutic option.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ling
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D005894:Panax