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SUBMITTER: Arai S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4326247 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 20141030 2
Although transplant practices have changed over the last decades, no information is available on trends in incidence and outcome of chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) over time. This study used the central database of the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) to describe time trends for cGVHD incidence, nonrelapse mortality, and risk factors for cGVHD. The 12-year period was divided into 3 intervals, 1995 to 1999, 2000 to 2003, and 2004 to 2007, and includ ...[more]