1. Atkinson KA (1990) Chronic Graft-versus-host disease - review. Bone Marrow Transplant 5:69–82 This is an excellent review of the clinical and pathological features and treatment of chronic GVHD.
2. Bostrom L, Ringden O, Gratama JW et al. for the Leukaemia Working Party of the European Group for Bone Marrow Tranplantation (1990) A role of herpes virus serology for the development of acute graft-versus-host disease. Bone Marrow Transplant 5:321–326 A multicenter analysis confirming a strong association of prior herpes virus exposure in patient and donor on subsequent development of GVHD.
3. Dickenson AM, Sviland L, Dunn J, Carey P, Proctor SJ (1991) Demonstration of direct involvement of cytokines in graft-versus-host reactions using an in vitro human skin explant model. Bone Marrow Transplant 7:209–216 One of a series of studies using human skin explants to demonstrate histological changes of GVHD in vitro.
4. Lonnqvist B, Ringden O, Wahren B et al. (1984) Cytomegalovirus infection associated with and preceding chronic graft versus host disease. Transplantation 38:465–468 A multicentrer statistical review confirming the close association of GVHD with CMV infection.
5. Lum L (1987) The kinetics of immune reconstitution after human marrow transplan¬tation. Blood 69:369–380 A good review of the pattern of immune recovery after BMT and the impact of GVHD upon it.