Chronic graft-versus-host disease: clinical presentation of multiple lesions of lichenoid and atrophic pattern
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Chronic graft-versus-host disease: clinical presentation of multiple lesions of lichenoid and atrophic pattern*
Graft-versus-host disease is observed mainly in recipients of hematopoietic cell transplantation and is expressed by cutaneous or systemic signals and symptoms. Graft-versus-host disease is clinically classified as acute or chronic. Chronic Graft-versus-host disease occurs in up to 70% of hematopoietic cell transplanted patients and its clinical manifestations have important impact on morbidity...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0365-0596
DOI: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132128