Filipovich et al developed criteria for the severity of chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) for the National Institutes of Health. One of the criteria related to involvement of other sites.
Other sites included:
(1) esophageal stricture or web
(2) ascites (serositis)
(3) myasthenia gravis
(4) polymyositis
(5) thrombocytopenia (given as <100,000 per µL)
(6) pericardial effusion
(7) nephrotic syndrome
(8) cardiomyopathy
(9) cardiac conduction defect
(10) pleural effusion
(11) peripheral neuropathy
(12) eosinophilia (absolute count > 500 per µL)
(13) coronary artery disease
(14) progressive onset
(15) other
Severity
Grade
none
0
mild
1
moderate
2
severe
3
where:
• Not sure how the progressive onset category is used.
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