Low Paneth cell numbers at onset of gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease identify patients at high risk for nonrelapse mortality
Open Access
- 22 August 2013
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Hematology in Blood
- Vol. 122 (8), 1505-1509
- https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2013-02-485813
Abstract
Key Points Paneth cell numbers in the duodenum at onset of GVHD correlate with outcomes. Paneth cells are easy to identify and quantify with light microscopy and may supplement histopathological grading of GI GVHD.Keywords
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