Health Problems

Preventing Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD)

Graft vs host disease (GVHD) can occur after a bone marrow or stem cell transplant. Doctors set up a program for a patient to minimise the risk of the condition developing. This incorporates HLA-matching, immune suppression and environmental conditioning. Reducing the risk from tissue type The closer the match between the tissue type of the […]