Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a common complication following an allogeneic tissue transplant. It is commonly associated with stem cell or bone marrow transplant but the term also applies to other forms of tissue graft. Immune cells (white blood cells) in the tissue (the graft) recognize the recipient (the host) as `foreign`. The transplan.....
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(from the article `therapeutics`) ...transplantation does not involve the transfer of a discrete anatomic organ as occurs in other forms of transplantation, but it entails the same ...
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A disease caused when cells from a donated stem cell graft attack the normal tissue of the transplant patient. Symptoms include jaundice, skin rash or blisters, a dry mouth, or dry eyes. Also called GVHD.
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Noun: See Acute Graft Versus Host Disease .
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<haematology> A common and serious, complication of bone marrow transplantation where there is a reaction of donated bone marrow against a patient's own tissue. ... When donor lymphocytes or a graft containing lymphocytes that are immunologically competent are given to a patient that has low immunological competence, an incompatibility reacti...
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(GVH disease) graft-versus-host reaction a condition that occurs when immunologically competent cells or their precursors are transplanted into an immunocompromised recipient (host) that is not histocompatible with the donor. Because the host is immunocompromised, the graft is not rejected. Immunocompetent T ...
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(GVHD) Type: Term Definitions: 1. an incompatibility reaction (that may be fatal) in a subject (host) of low immunologic competence who has been the recipient of immunologically competent lymphoid tissue from a donor who is immunologically different from the recipient; the reaction, or disease, is the result of action of the tran...
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Graft-versus-host disease: A complication of bone marrow transplants in which T cells in the donor bone marrow graft go on the offensive and attack the host's tissues. Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is seen most often in cases where the blood marrow donor is unrelated to the patient or when the donor is related to the patient but not a perfect ma...
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Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is becoming increasingly common in dermatology practice. GVHD occurs secondary to homologous bone marrow transplantation, where the engrafted tissue recognizes the host as foreign, and begins to react against it. Acute GVHD is manifested by a fever and generalized erythematous skin changes. The erythema typically sh...
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specific type of transplantation reaction in which a transplanted immune system (e.g., a bone marrow transplant) contains APCs and T cells that are activated and attack the recipient’s tissue
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(GVHD) the condition that results when the immune cells of a transplant (usually of bone marrow) from a donor attack the tissues of the person receiving the transplant.
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