TY - JOUR AU - Sugihara, Yuusaku AU - Hiraoka, Sakiko AU - Fujii, Nobuharu AU - Takashima, Shiho AU - Yamasaki, Yasushi AU - Inokuchi, Toshihiro AU - Takahara, Masahiro AU - Kuwaki, Kenji AU - Harada, Keita AU - Tanaka, Takehiro AU - Okada, Hiroyuki PY - 2018 DA - 2018/07/11 TI - Villous atrophy in the terminal ileum is a specific endoscopic finding correlated with histological evidence and poor prognosis in acute graft-versus-host disease after allo-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation JO - BMC Gastroenterology SP - 111 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a common complication of allo-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Endoscopic biopsy can provide a definitive diagnosis, but the optimal endoscopic approach for diagnosis remains uncertain. This study evaluated whether ileocolonoscopic imaging can predict acute GVHD severity after allo-HSCT. SN - 1471-230X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-018-0829-4 DO - 10.1186/s12876-018-0829-4 ID - Sugihara2018 ER -