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Factors that enhance hypercoagulability following BMT may have a pathogenetic role in VOD. To investigate the relevance of hemostatic parameters for the development of VOD, we prospectively measured protein C, protein S, antithrombin III (AT III), von Willebrand factor, and factor VIII in 50 consecutive patients undergoing allogeneic BMT. Each parameter was determined before conditioning, on day 0 of BMT and weekly for 3 weeks, and patients were monitored prospectively for the occurrence of VOD. VOD occurred in 26 patients at median post-BMT day 8.5 (range, day −2 to 17). Thirteen patients had mild, 10 had moderate and three had severe VOD. No coagulation parameters were significantly different at the baseline or on day 0 of BMT between patients with no/mild VOD and moderate to severe VOD. On day 7 and thereafter, levels of protein C and AT III were significantly lower in patients with moderate to severe VOD when compared to patients with no/mild VOD. Levels of protein C and AT III decreased before the clinical onset of VOD in patients with moderate to severe VOD. Early post-BMT reduction of these parameters may indicate the development of moderate to severe VOD.
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Lee, JH., Lee, KH., Kim, S. et al. Relevance of proteins C and S, antithrombin III, von Willebrand factor, and factor VIII for the development of hepatic veno-occlusive disease in patients undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: a prospective study. Bone Marrow Transplant 22, 883–888 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1701445
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