Successful Lung Transplantation for Patients with Graft Versus Host Disease After Bone Marrow Transplantation: An Australian 2 Centre Case Series

Pulmonary graft versus host disease (GVHD), manifest as bronchiolitis obliterans, bronchiectasis and pulmonary fibrosis, is a serious complication of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) causing respiratory failure and death. There are limited therapeutic options for severe cases other than lung transplantation (LTx) but

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 31, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: D. Abelson, S. Kotecha, D. Kliman, M.A. Malouf, D. Ma, G.I. Snell, A.R. Glanville Source Type: research