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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 10.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Treat Res. 2009;144:1–21. doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-78580-6_1

Table 1.2.

Classification of patients with acute graft-versus-host disease

Clinical staging
Stage Skin Liver Gut
+ Rash < 25% BSA Total bilirubin 2–3 mg/dL Diarrhea 500–1000 mL/day
+ + Rash 25–50% BSA Total bilirubin 3–6 mg/dL Diarrhea 1000–1500 mL/day
+ + + Generalized erythroderma Total bilirubin 6–15 mg/dL Diarrhea > 1500 mL/day
+ + + + Desquamation and bullae Total bilirubin > 15 mg/dL Pain, with or without ileus
Clinical grading
Stage
Grade Skin Liver Gut PS
0 (none) 0 0 0 0
I + to + + 0 0 0
II + to + + + + + +
III + + to + + + + + to + + + + + to + + + + +
IV + + to + + + + + + to + + + + + + to + + + + + + +

BSA = body surface area, PS = performance status