Graft-versus-host disease
| Graft-versus-host disease | |
|---|---|
| Term | Graft-versus-host disease |
| Short definition | grafting (graft) Healthy skin, bone, or other tissue harvested from one part of the body and used to replace diseased or injured tissue harvested from another part of the body |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
Graft-versus-host disease - (pronounced) (. . . dih-ZEEZ) A condition that occurs when donated stem cells or bone marrow (the graft) replace healthy tissue in the patient's body (the host ) as alien and attack it. It can also occur after an organ transplant. Graft-versus-host disease can damage the host's tissues and organs, particularly the skin, liver, intestines, eyes, mouth, hair, nails, joints, muscles, lungs, kidneys, and genitals. The signs and symptoms can be serious and life-threatening. Graft-versus-host disease can occur within the first few months after transplantation (acute) or much later (chronic). Also called GVHD
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Graft-versus-host disease
- Wikipedia's article - Graft-versus-host disease
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