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Ruxolitinib for steroid-refractory acute graft versus host disease: case series and literature review
Affiliations- Katedra i Klinika Hematologii i Transplantacji Szpiku Śląskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Katowicach
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acute graft versus host disease; allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; ruxolitinib; immunosuppression
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Ruxolitinib for steroid-refractory acute graft versus host disease: case series and literature review
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66-68
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2022-02-25
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Acta Haematol Pol 2022;53(1):66-68.
Keywords
acute graft versus host disease
allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
ruxolitinib
immunosuppression
Authors
Adrianna Spałek
Krzysztof Woźniczka
Anna Armatys
Agata Wieczorkiewicz-Kabut
Izabela Noster
Grzegorz Helbig
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