Research Article
Utility of Endoscopic Examination in the Diagnosis of Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease in the Lower Gastrointestinal Tract
Table 5
Histological grade and effectiveness of treatment in patients with acute GI GVHD.
| | GVHD grade | No treatment or BDP | +FK, PSL, and mPSL | +ATG and infliximab | Total |
| | Grade I | 100% (19/19) | 87.0% (20/23) | 90.0% (9/10) | 92.3% (48/52) | | Grade II | 100% (9/9) | 88.2% (15/17) | 70.0% (7/10) | 86.1% (31/36) | | Grade III | 87.5% (7/8) | 90.5% (19/21) | 62.5% (10/16) | 80.0% (36/45) | | Grade IV | 100.0% (3/3) | 44.4% (8/18) | 17.6% (3/17) | 36.8% (14/38) | | Total | 97.4% (38/39) | 78.5% (62/79) | 54.7% (29/53) | 75.4% (129/171) |
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BDP: beclometasone dipropionate; PSL: prednisolone; mPSL: methylprednisolone; ATG: antithymocyte globulin.
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