Epstein-Barr virus-associated pulmonary leiomyosarcoma arising twenty-nine years after renal transplantation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 877-879

  Ferri, Lorenzo ^a,c   Fraser, Rick ^a   Gaboury, Louis ^b   Mulder, David ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0141519159     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00719-0     Document Type: Article

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