Extracorporeal photophoresis in chronic cutaneous graft-versus-host disease
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[Extracorporeal photopheresis in treatment of chronic graft versus host disease].
Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) is an immunomodulatory therapy which has been used in the treatment of chronic GVHD (cGVHD). ECP involves separation of the mononuclear cells with leukapheresis, followed by ex vivo administration of 8-methoxypsoralen and UV-A radiation and reinfusion to the patient. Aim of the study was to evaluate clinical and immunomodulatory effect of ECP procedures in pat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bone Marrow Transplantation
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0268-3369,1476-5365
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701426