TRANSFUSION-ASSOCIATED ACUTE GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE IN A HEART-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT

Authors
SOLA MA ESPANA A REDONDO P IDOATE MA FERNANDEZ AL LLORENS R QUINTANILLA W
Citation
Ma. Sola et al., TRANSFUSION-ASSOCIATED ACUTE GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE IN A HEART-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT, British journal of dermatology, 132(4), 1995, pp. 626-630
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
132
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
626 - 630
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1995)132:4<626:TAGDIA>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We report a heart transplant recipient who developed graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) following blood transfusion, We consider that heart tr ansplant recipients should be included in the category of immunosuppre ssed patients who may develop this disease after being treated with bl ood products. We also consider that, at the present time, irradiation of blood products is the only useful method of avoiding development of GVHD in these patients.