What kind of transplant rejection occurs in the bone marrow, but not in the heart or kidney transplants?
A) host-versus-host (HVH)
B) host-versus-graft (HVG)
C) second-set rejection
D) graft-versus-host (GVH)
E) graft-versus-graft (GVG)

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Graft-versus-host (GVH) rejection occurs when the transplanted bone marrow recognizes the host's tissues as foreign and launches an immune attack on them. This type of rejection does not occur in heart or kidney transplants because the transplanted organ does not have its own immune cells that can attack the recipient's tissues.

What Kind of Transplant Rejection Occurs in the Bone Marrow