Polymyositis After Bone Marrow Transplantation: As anUncommon Manifestation of Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease?or Autoimmune Process? |
Won-cheol Choi, Yong Han Jung, Yeong Il Yang, and Jong Seok Bae |
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Copyright © 2011 The Korean Society of Clinical Neurophysiology |
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ABSTRACT |
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a well-known complication of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT)and has heterogeneous manifestations, with multi-organ involvement. Recently, polymyositis (PM) was reported to be a raremanifestation of chronic GVHD. Here, we report a 30-year-old woman who was diagnosed with PM after allogeneic BMT. |
Key words:
Graft-versus-host disease, Polymyositis, Bone marrow transplantation |
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