Disappearance of an Epstein-Barr virus-positive post-transplant plasmacytoma with reduction of immunosuppression

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9130, 1998, Pages 789-

  Rees, Lesley ^a   Thomas, Alero ^b   Amlot, Peter L ^c  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CELL ANTIGEN; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARAPROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; DIALYSIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PLASMA CELL; PLASMACYTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TIME;

EID: 0032487088     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)60684-8     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Amlot PL, Tahami F, Chinn D, Rawlings E. Activation antigen expression on human T cells. I. Analysis by two-colour flow cytometry of umbilical cord blood, adult blood and lymphoid tissue. Clin Explmmunol 1996; 105: 176-82.
2. Renoult E, Bertrand F, Kessler M. Monoclonal gammopathies in HBs-Ag-positive patients with renal transplants. N Engl J Med 1988; 318: 1205.
3. Joseph G, Barker RL, Yuan B, Martin A. Medeiros J, Peiper SC. Posttransplantation plasma cell dyscrasias. Cancer 1994; 74: 1959-64.
4. Knowles DM, Cesarman E, Chadburn A, et al. Correlative morphologic and molecular genetic analysis demonstrates three distinct categories of posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorders. Blood 1995; 85: 552-65.
5. Fischer A, Blanche S, Le Bidois J, et al. Anti-B cell monoclonal antibodies in the treatment of severe B-cell lymphoproliferative syndrome following bone marrow and organ transplantation. N Engl J Med 1991;324: 1451-56.