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Veno-occlusive disease medical therapy

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

Overview

Overview

Medical Therapy

Medical Therapy

Treatment for VOD is primarily supportive. In the BMT setting, defibrotide is an investigational treatment that may be promising. Defibrotide is a polydeoxyribonucleotide; its mechanism of benefit in VOD is unclear, but has been attributed to its antithromboitc properties.

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