Total lymphoid irradiation for treatment of drug resistant chronic GVHD

We report our experience with total lymphoid irradiation (TLI) in three patients with GVHD which had failed to respond to standard drug treatment. The clinical manifestations of GVHD markedly improved with TLI treatment.

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Published inBone marrow transplantation (Basingstoke) Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 75 - 76
Main Authors BULLORSKY, E. O, SHANLEY, C. M, STEMMELIN, G. R, MUSSO, A, RABINOVICH, O, CERESETTO, J, QUIROGA, L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basingstoke Nature Publishing Group 1993
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Bone Marrow Transplantation - adverse effects
Bone marrow, stem cells transplantation. Graft versus host reaction
Chronic Disease
Drug Resistance
Female
Graft vs Host Disease - drug therapy
Graft vs Host Disease - etiology
Graft vs Host Disease - radiotherapy
Humans
Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic-Phase - surgery
Lymphoid Tissue - radiation effects
Male
Medical sciences
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma - surgery
Transfusions. Complications. Transfusion reactions. Cell and gene therapy
Human
Immunopathology
Treatment
Homograft
Bone marrow
Complication
Graft versus host reaction
Whole body
Radiotherapy
Negative therapeutic reaction
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Summary:We report our experience with total lymphoid irradiation (TLI) in three patients with GVHD which had failed to respond to standard drug treatment. The clinical manifestations of GVHD markedly improved with TLI treatment.
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ISSN:0268-3369
1476-5365