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Graft Vs. Host Disease : Treatments

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Graft-versus-host disease
The goal of treatment is to suppress the immune response without damaging the new marrow. Medicines commonly used include methotrexate and cyclosporine, either alone or in combination. High-dose corticosteroids are the most effective treatment for...
Source:ADAM
Date:July 11, 2008
Graft-vs.-host Disease
Both the acute and the chronic disease are treated with cortisone-like drugs, immunosuppressive agents like cyclosporine, or with antibiotics and immune chemicals from donated blood (gamma globulin). Infection with one particular virus, called cyt...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Graft-vs.-Host Disease
Both the acute and the chronic diseases are treated with cortisone-like drugs, immunosuppressive agents, or with antibiotics and immune chemicals from donated blood (gamma globulin). Cyclosporine and prednisone are two immunosuppressive drugs that...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
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