| Item type: | Article | ||||
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Brain | ||||
| Publisher: | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | ||||
| Place of Publication: | OXFORD | ||||
| Volume: | 133 | ||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 10 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 2852-2865 | ||||
| Date: | 2010 | ||||
| Institutions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin III (Hämatologie und Internistische Onkologie) Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Neurologie | ||||
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| Keywords: | BONE-MARROW-TRANSPLANTATION; GUILLAIN-BARRE-SYNDROME; CENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM; DONOR LYMPHOCYTE INFUSION; INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; CHRONIC MYELOID-LEUKEMIA; SOLID-ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNE-MEDIATED MYELOPATHY; WORKING GROUP-REPORT; MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS; chronic graft-versus-host disease; allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation; neurologic manifestations; supportive care | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine | ||||
| Status: | Published | ||||
| Refereed: | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg: | Yes | ||||
| Item ID: | 65686 |
Web of ScienceAbstract
A major obstacle of allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation is graft-versus-host disease, an immune-mediated disorder that affects multiple tissues and organs with varying severity. Neurological complications of acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease are rare but can produce severe clinical problems with significant morbidity and mortality. In this article, we review neurological ...
Abstract
A major obstacle of allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation is graft-versus-host disease, an immune-mediated disorder that affects multiple tissues and organs with varying severity. Neurological complications of acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease are rare but can produce severe clinical problems with significant morbidity and mortality. In this article, we review neurological manifestations of chronic graft-versus-host disease that comprise immune-mediated neuropathies, myasthenia gravis and myositis in the peripheral nervous system and various cerebrovascular complications, demyelination and immune-mediated encephalitis in the central nervous system. The National Institutes of Health consensus on criteria for clinical trials in chronic graft-versus-host disease recommended that the diagnosis of chronic graft-versus-host disease of the nervous system can be made only when other organs are affected by graft-versus-host disease and frequent neurological differential diagnoses such as drug-induced toxicities or opportunistic infections are excluded. The Consensus Conference on Clinical Practice in chronic graft-versus-host disease, held in autumn 2009 in Regensburg, aimed to summarize the literature and to provide guidelines for the diagnostic approach in children and adults with neurological manifestations of chronic graft-versus-host disease. Moreover, we present therapeutic recommendations and their level of evidence for the management of these complications. Overlapping symptoms and comorbidities after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation and the limited knowledge about the underlying biological mechanisms of chronic graft-versus-host disease affecting the nervous system emphasize the need for further experimental and clinical investigations.
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