Diagnostic Potential of Five Different Biomechanical Parameters to Detect Sclerotic Cutaneous Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Chen F, Wang L, Ssempijja Y, Vain A, Jagasia M, Tkaczyk E. Diagnostic Potential of Five Different Biomechanical Parameters to Detect Sclerotic Cutaneous Graft-Versus-Host Disease. Blood 2019, 134: 2002. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-129381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCGVHD patientsBMT controlsCross-sectional studyHost diseaseSkin sclerosisSkin scoreBiomechanical parametersSclerotic patientsCutaneous Graft-VersusPost-BMT patientsMechanical stress relaxation timeHigh diagnostic yieldProspective longitudinal studyChronic graftGraft-VersusGVHD patientsSkin involvementUnaffected skinUnivariate analysisHealthy controlsMultivariate predictive modelClinician assessmentDiagnostic yieldTreatment responseResponse assessment