Bone Marrow Transplantation

TABLE 4

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Low mortality of children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from 7 to 8/10 human leukocyte antigen allele-matched unrelated donors with the use of antithymocyte globulin

P Sedlác caronek, R Formánková, P Keslová, L S caronrámková, P Hubác caronek, L Król, M Kulich and J Starý

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Table 4. Incidence and severity of acute and chronic GVHD

Acute GVHD (74 evaluable patients)
 GVHD 0 and I2635%
 GVHD II4662%
 GVHD III and IV23%
   
Organ involvement
 Skin37 
 Intestinal32 
 Liver2 
   
Primary therapy
 Methylprednisolone, 2 mg/kg38 
 Methylprednisolone, 1 mg/kg13 
 Local steroid ointments2 
   
Chronic GVHD (69 evaluable patients)
 None4768%
 Limited57%
 Extensive1725%

 Abbreviation: GVHD=graft-versus-host disease.

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