TY - T1 - Extracorporeal photopheresis in the treatment of acute graft-versus-host disease : a single-center experience SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/305621 T3 - A1 - Niittyvuopio, Riitta; Juvonen, Eeva; Heiskanen, Jouni; Lindstrom, Vesa; Nihtinen, Anne; Sahlstedt, Leila; Volin, Liisa A2 - PB - Y1 - 2018 LA - eng AB - BACKGROUND: Steroid-refractory acute graft-versushost disease (aGVHD) is a serious complication after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The long-term outcome of the patients is poor. Various immunosuppressive agents have been proposed as the second-line therapy but none of them has turned out more effective than the others. Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) is a treatment option that does not predispose the patients to severe side effects of the immunosuppressive drugs. STUDY DESIGN AND ... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - REFRACTORY ACUTE GVHD; BONE-MARROW-TRANSPLANTATION; 2ND-LINE TREATMENT; PEDIATRIC-PATIENTS; CLINICAL-EFFICACY; DENDRITIC CELLS; ITALIAN GROUP; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL; RECOMMENDATIONS; 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine; 3122 Cancers N1 - PP - ER -