Molecular Biomarkers in Ocular Graft-versus-Host Disease: A Systematic Review

J Bohlen, C Gomez, J Zhou, F Martinez Guasch… - Biomolecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Ocular graft-versus-host disease (oGVHD) affects~ 50% of post-stem cell transplant patients
and is the only form of GVHD diagnosed without a biopsy. As it must be distinguished from …

Management of kidney transplant recipients for primary care practitioners

M Alotaibi, B Trollinger, S Kant - BMC nephrology, 2024 - Springer
Patients with kidney transplants have a significant co-morbidity index, due to a high number
of pre-existing conditions and use of immunosuppression medications. These patients are at …

Long-term clinical outcomes and predictive factors in patients with chronic ocular graft-versus-host disease

HJ Yoon, GY Song, KC Yoon - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
We investigate long-term clinical outcomes and predictive factors associated with poor
vision outcomes in patients with ocular graft-versus-host disease (oGVHD). This …

Graft versus host disease: clinical evaluation, diagnosis and management

EM Espana, S Shah, MR Santhiago… - Graefe's Archive for Clinical …, 2013 - Springer
Graft versus H\host disease (GVHD) can be a devastating complication following bone
marrow transplantation. Acute or chronic systemic GVHD can be lethal, and severe damage …

[HTML][HTML] Corneal blindness and current major treatment concern-graft scarcity

KH Wong, KW Kam, LJ Chen… - International journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract According to World Health Organization, the global prevalence of blindness in 2010
was 39 million people, among which 4% were due to corneal opacities. Often, the sole resort …

Update on immunosuppressive therapy for corneal transplantation

M O'Doherty, CC Murphy - International Ophthalmology Clinics, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Developments in corneal transplantation in recent decades, particularly with respect to
endothelial and lamellar transplantation, have led to a significantly improved outlook for …

Management of kidney transplant recipients by general nephrologists: core curriculum 2019

S Voora, DB Adey - American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2019 - Elsevier
Kidney transplantation is associated with improvement in quality of life and mortality as
compared to remaining on dialysis. It is therefore the optimal treatment for kidney failure for …

[HTML][HTML] Overcoming Ocular Graft-Versus-Host Disease

HM Mousa, VL Perez - cornealphysician.com
Ocular graft-vs-host disease (oGVHD) can cause scarring, neovascularization, epithelial
breakdown, thinning, and potential perforation.(See “oGVHD: An Overview”.) There are …

[HTML][HTML] High-risk corneal allografts: a therapeutic challenge

T Yu, V Rajendran, M Griffith, JV Forrester… - World journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Corneal transplantation is the most common surgical procedure amongst solid organ
transplants with a high survival rate of 86% at 1-year post-grafting. This high success rate …

Pharmacotherapy of corneal transplantation

M Ziaei, E Sharif-Paghaleh… - Expert Opinion on …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Corneal transplantation is a surgical procedure in which damaged or diseased
cornea is replaced by cadaveric corneal tissue. It is the most common form of solid-tissue …