Naslov
Book review: Chronic Graft versus Host Disease: Interdisciplinary management

Autori
Pulanić, Dražen

Izvornik
Croatian medical journal (0353-9504) 50 (2009), 4; 419-420

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, osvrt, ostalo

Ključne riječi
chronic graft versus host disease ; allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation ; immunology ; oncology

Sažetak
Purpose: To fill the gap in literature on chronic graft vs host disease (cGVHD) – a major frequent late complication of allogeneic HSCT, characterized by signs and symptoms of various autoimmune or immunologic disorders and associated with decreased survival. The book provides a reference that will be valid in many settings, including transplant clinics, oncology/hematology clinics, specialty clinics, and basic research laboratories. Content: This textbook is divided in 4 sections. Each section consists of several chapters. The first section is entitled General Principles. It comprehensively explores historical aspects of cGVHD, and the historical aspects of development of hematopoietic transplantation medicine. This section also includes the immunobiology and pathophysiology of both acute and chronic GVHD, and animal models of cGVHD, which should be interesting to both clinicians and basic researchers. Further chapters in the first section cover incidence, trends, clinical manifestation, natural history, risk factors, and predictive models of cGVHD, ending with biomarkers in cGVHD.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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