GVHD
Graft-versus-host disease. A reaction of donated stem cells against the patient's tissue. | ||||
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GVHD Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
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graft-versus-host disease
a condition in which transplanted immune tissue (e.g., bone marrow cells) attack the tissues of the new host's body.
a condition in which transplanted immune tissue (e.g., bone marrow cells) attack the tissues of the new host's body.
GVHD Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Graft-versus-host disease
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a common complication of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in which functional immune cells in the transplanted marrow recognize the recipient as "foreign" and mount an immunologic attack.
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