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Gastric bypass bariatric surgery in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation warrants special considerations

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Fig. 1: aGVHD in bariatric surgery patients.

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Gergis, U., Reich-Slotky, R. & Abdulahad, B. Gastric bypass bariatric surgery in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation warrants special considerations. Bone Marrow Transplant 55, 2202–2203 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-020-0922-5

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