Acute and Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease: What is the Difference?
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a condition that affects some patients who have received a transplant of blood-forming — or hematopoietic — stem cells from a donor. It arises when some of the transplanted donor immune cells launch an attack on the patient’s body. The effects can be mild, moderate, or, in some cases, extremely severe. … Read more