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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Graft versus Host Disease - Symptomology

acute GvHD occurs within 100 days of transplanting (immuno-competent) donor cells into an immuno-deficient host.

the classic triad of symptoms correspond to the abbreviation for this syndrome (ie. GvHD)

Gastroenteritis - diarrhoea
Hepatitis - biochemically evident, with or without jaundice
Dermatitis - ranges from mac-pap rash (that can be painful/pruritic) to exfoliative erythroderma