cGVHD (chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease)
What is GvHD
GvHD occurs when immune cells transplanted from a donor (the graft) recognize the transplant recipient (the host) as foreign, thereby initiating an immune reaction that causes disease in the transplant recipient.1,2,3
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