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A Case of Transfusion-Associated Gragt-Verus-Host Disease in a Preterm Infant
Hye Jung Joo, Seung Mo Park, Ran Namgung, Kook In Park, Jin Sung Lee, Chul Lee, Dong Kwan Han, Kir-Young Kim, Kwang-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Gil Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1993;36(11):1613-1620.   Published online November 15, 1993
Graft-versus-host disease is commonly observed after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation but rarely recognized transfusion or solid-organ transplantation. Transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease can occur in immunosuppressed recipients and immunocompetent transplant recipients. The clinical manifestations of gastrointestinal or hepatic dysfunction, rash and pancytopenia should heighten the physician's index of suspicion for GVHD. Among premature infants, only four cases have been reported to develop...
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