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Transfusion-associated graft versus host disease skin punch biopsy

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Overview

Skin Punch Biopsy

TA-GvHD can be suspected from a biopsy of the affected skin, and established by HLA analysis of the circulating lymphocytes. This testing can identify circulating lymphocytes with a different HLA type than the tissue cells of the host.

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