Graft-versus-host disease: its oral manifestations

• Main Authors: Claudia Marcela Hernández Cancino (Author), Renata Cordova Petersen (Author), Isabel Nemoto Vergara Sasada (Author), Caroline Siviero Dillenburg (Author), Ingeburg Hellwig (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Editorial Ciencias Médicas, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Graft-versus-host disease is the main complication following an allogeneic tissue transplant. It is caused by an exaggerated inflammatory reaction mediated by donor lymphocytes and stimulated by tissues lesioned by the underlying disease, by previous infection or by the conditioning treatment. The d...