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Case Reports
. 2011;66(6):1115-8.
doi: 10.1590/s1807-59322011000600035.

Graft-versus-host disease after liver transplantation

Eleazar Chaib  1 , Felipe D Silva, Esteia R R Figueira, Fabiana R Lima, Wellington Andraus, Luiz Augusto C D'Albuquerque
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Case Reports

Graft-versus-host disease after liver transplantation

Eleazar Chaib et al. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2011.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Skin biopsy stained with hematoxylin–eosin at ×20 magnification, showing many apoptotic keratinocytes, lymphocytic exocytosis and spongiosis in addition to the subepidermal cleft.
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Figure 2
Skin biopsy stained with hematoxylin–eosin at ×20 magnification, showing the epidermis with basal cell hydropic changes, satellite-cell necrosis (near the dermis) and multiple apoptotic keratinocytes.
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