Human Pathology
Volume 40, Issue 7 , Pages 909-917 , July 2009

Pathology of graft-versus-host disease in the gastrointestinal tract

  • Kay Washington, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Madan Jagasia, MBBS, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232

Received 9 December 2008 ,Revised 31 March 2009 ,Accepted 1 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.04.001

Human Pathology
Volume 40, Issue 7 , Pages 909-917 , July 2009

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