Chronic-graft-versus-host-disease-related polymyositis: a 17-months-old child with a rare and late complication of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Background: Chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD) occurs in 20-30% of paediatric patients receiving haemopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Neuromuscular disorders such as polymyositis are considered a rare and distinctive but non-diagnostic manifestation of cGVHD and, in absence of other...
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| Main Authors: | Matteo Chinello, Rita Balter, Massimiliano De Bortoli, Virginia Vitale, Ada Zaccaron, Elisa Bonetti, Paola Tonin, Gaetano Vattemi, Valeria Guglielmi, Simone Cesaro |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/4029 |
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