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graft-versus-host disease
(redirected from GVHD)

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graft-ver·sus-host disease (grftvûrss-hst, -sz-)
n.
A pathological condition in which cells from the transplanted tissue of a donor initiate an immunologic attack on the cells and tissue of the recipient.


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Last year, scientists in Sweden trying a new approach to reverse severe GVHD in 16 patients reported some early success (SN: 12/24/05, p.
Transplant reaction reversed in patients by Science News
Upon reexamination 2-3 months after disease induction, autoantibodies characteristic of chronic GVHD were found to have become significantly elevated in surviving iHg-treated mice, but no markers characteristic of iHg-associated autoimmunity were seen.
Setting the stage for illness: mercury exposure and autoimmune disease by Hood, Ernie / Environmental Health Perspectives
After a marrow transplant, however, holdover Langerhans cells can shift transplant-derived T cells into overdrive, causing inflammation and GVHD reactions, such as skin lesions.
Therapy sheds light on transplant complication by Seppa, N. / Science News
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