Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 31-47 , January 2006

Histopathologic Diagnosis of Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease: National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Project on Criteria for Clinical Trials in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease: II. Pathology Working Group Report

  • Howard M. Shulman

      Affiliations

    • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Howard M. Shulman, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, 825 Eastlake Ave. E., Seattle, WA 98109
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  • David Kleiner

      Affiliations

    • National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • Stephanie J. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Thomas Morton

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, Washington
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  • Steven Z. Pavletic

      Affiliations

    • National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • Evan Farmer

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • J. Margaret Moresi

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Joel Greenson

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Anne Janin

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Saint Louis, Paris, France
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  • Paul J. Martin

      Affiliations

    • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
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  • George McDonald

      Affiliations

    • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
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  • Mary E.D. Flowers

      Affiliations

    • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
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  • Maria Turner

      Affiliations

    • National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • Jane Atkinson

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • Jay Lefkowitch

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University, New York, New York
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  • M. Kay Washington

      Affiliations

    • Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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  • Victor G. Prieto

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Stella K. Kim

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Zsolt Argenyi

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
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  • A. Hafeez Diwan

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Asif Rashid

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Kim Hiatt

      Affiliations

    • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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  • Dan Couriel

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Kirk Schultz

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Children’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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  • Sharon Hymes

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Georgia B. Vogelsang

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Received 21 October 2005 ,Accepted 24 October 2005.

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 The opinions expressed here are those of the authors and do not represent the official position of the National Institutes of Health or the US Government.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2005.10.023

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 31-47 , January 2006

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