Acute Graft Versus Host Disease

**Semantic type:** Disease or Syndrome

**Definition:** A syndrome of immunologically mediated tissue damage that may occur following an allogeneic transplant, usually affecting the skin, liver, and GI tract. The onset is usually within one hundred days of transplantation or immunologic manipulation.

**Synonyms:** - Acute - Acute GVHD - Fulminant Graft Versus Host Disease - GVHD, acute - Graft versus host disease, acute