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My cousin has hodgkins lymphoma and he had a bone marrow transplant and got gvhd, will he be okay?

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Depends on severity: Severe gvhd that is steroid refractory has poor prognosis

Dr Zimon and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 10/23/2017

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