Graft-vs-Host
Reaction - 7
•etreated using immunosuppressive therapy in patients with GVH
•eimmunosuppressive therapy of little help in
patients with GVHD
•ecyclosporine may help in patients with GVHD
•ePatients who are immunocomromised should:
•Žbe typed for HLA antigens
•Žtested for compatibility with blood products
•Žreceive blood products that have been
irradiated to destroy
viable lymphocytes