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Involvement of Natural Effector Cells in Graft versus Host Disease

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Graft versus host disease (GVHD) is the consequence of transplanting a graft of immunocompetent allogeneic lymphoid cells into a host unable to reject them.(1) Many of the clinical studies on GVHD have resulted after bone marrow transplantation to patients with leukemia, aplastic anemia, or immunodeficiency.(2,3)

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