High incidence of thromboembolism in patients with chronic GVHD: association with severity of GVHD and donor-recipient ABO blood group

Key points Patients with chronic GVHD after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation are at high risk for thromboembolic events occurring years after diagnosis. More severe chronic GVHD, non-O donor-recipient ABO compared to O-O match and personal history of coronary artery disease are associat...

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Main Authors: Najla El Jurdi, Heba Elhusseini, Joan Beckman, Todd E. DeFor, Grigori Okoev, John Rogosheske, Aleksandr Lazaryan, Kristen Weiler, Veronika Bachanova, Brian C. Betts, Bruce R. Blazar, Claudio G. Brunstein, Fiona He, Shernan G. Holtan, Murali Janakiram, Radhika Gangaraju, Joseph Maakaron, Margaret L. MacMillan, Armin Rashidi, Erica D. Warlick, Smita Bhatia, Gregory Vercellotti, Daniel J. Weisdorf, Mukta Arora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Blood Cancer Journal
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41408-021-00488-2