Graft versus host disease (GVHD) is a potentially fatal complication that occurs more commonly after a bone marrow or stem cell transplant, or following platelet transfusions where viable white cells from the donor regard the recipient’s body as foreign and create acute inflammatory responses and tissue and organ injury by attacking the recipient’s body (
-irradiation is performed for prevention of GVHD).
-irradiation is performed for prevention of GVHD).