What Is Graft- Versus- Host Disease

question 1

Multiple Choice

What is graft- versus- host disease?

• A) It occurs when tissue from an isograft is rejected.
• B) It occurs when tissue from an allograft is rejected.
• C) Immune system cells of the host attack the newly transplanted bone marrow and reject it.
• D) Immune system cells in transplanted bone marrow attack the body of its new host.
• E) It occurs when tissue from a xenograft is rejected.

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