title: Photopheresis long after the initiation of chronic graft versus host in a child.
abstract: Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) has been used widely in the treatment of steroid-refractory chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD). Several reports have applied an 'early treatment' approach due to the better response rates compared with late treatment. However, herein, we report a hematopoetic stem cell transplantation performed in a thalassemia major patient presenting with severe cGVHD who applied to our center for ECP treatment nearly 12 years after the onset of cGVHD.
authors.affiliation: Bahcesehir University, School of Medicine, MedicalPark Antalya Hospital, Pediatric Hematology and BoneMarrow Transplantation Unit, Antalya, Turkey. Electronic address: vedat@akdeniz.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Vedat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Uygun
authors.affiliation: Bahcesehir University, School of Medicine, MedicalPark Antalya Hospital, Pediatric Hematology and BoneMarrow Transplantation Unit, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hayriye
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Daloglu
authors.affiliation: Bahcesehir University, School of Medicine, MedicalPark Goztepe Hospital, Pediatric Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gulsun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karasu
authors.affiliation: Bahcesehir University, School of Medicine, MedicalPark Antalya Hospital, Pediatric Hematology and BoneMarrow Transplantation Unit, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Akif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yeşilipek
mesh_terms: D064591:Allografts; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D017893:Photopheresis; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Graft versus host disease; Thalassemia; Transplantation