Initial spontaneous remission of posttransplantation Epstein Barr virus-related B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder of the skin in a renal transplant recipient: Case report and review of the literature on cutaneous B-cell posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disease

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 414-422

  Blokx, Willeke A M ^a   Andriessen, Monique P M ^a   Van Hamersvelt, Henk W ^a   Van Krieken, Johan H J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

B cell; Epstein Barr virus; Posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder; Skin; Spontaneous remission

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; ONCOGENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEROLOGY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN ULCER; THALAMUS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

AGED; B-LYMPHOCYTES; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SKIN DISEASES; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

EID: 0036785037     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200210000-00008     Document Type: Article

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