Characteristics of Epstein-Barr virus primary infection in pediatric liver transplant recipients

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 100-104

  Smets, Françoise ^a   Bodeus, Monique ^b   Goubau, Patrick ^b   Reding, Raymond ^a   Otte, Jean Bernard ^a   Buts, Jean Paul ^a   Sokal, Etienne Marc ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; Clinical symptoms; Epstein Barr virus; Liver transplantation; Post transplant lymphoproliferative disease

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033962161     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(00)80195-6     Document Type: Article

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