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A Patient recently received a bone marrow transplant, and over the course of several weeks developed a rash and diarrhea. This should raise suspicion for graft-versus-host disease GVHD. GVHD is an adverse effect of bone marrow transplantation, in which alloreactive donor T lymphocytes recognize the recipient as foreign and mount an immune response.

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