Polymerase chain reaction and in situ hybridization of Epstein-Barr virus in liver biopsy specimens facilitate the diagnosis of EBV hepatitis after liver transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 336-344

  Barkholt, L ^a   Reinholt, F P ^a   Teramoto, N ^b   Enbom, M ^b,c   Dahl, H ^b,c   Linde, A ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus, hepatitis, liver transplantation; Liver transplantation, hepatitis, Epstein Barr virus; Polymerase chain reaction, hepatitis, liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0031783348     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001470050155     Document Type: Article

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