Photopheresis long after the initiation of chronic graft versus host in a child

Uygun V., Daloglu H., Karasu G., Yesilipek A.

TRANSFUSION AND APHERESIS SCIENCE, vol.51, no.2, pp.172-174, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 51 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.transci.2014.08.016
  • Journal Name: TRANSFUSION AND APHERESIS SCIENCE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.172-174
  • Keywords: Thalassemia, Transplantation, Graft versus host disease, STEM-CELL TRANSPLANTATION, EXTRACORPOREAL PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY, THALASSEMIA MAJOR, DISEASE, GVHD
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) has been used widely in the treatment of steroid-refractory chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD). Several reports have applied an 'early treatment' approach due to the better response rates compared with late treatment. However, herein, we report a hematopoetic stem cell transplantation performed in a thalassemia major patient presenting with severe cGVHD who applied to our center for ECP treatment nearly 12 years after the onset of cGVHD. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.