Profuse gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to delayed primary Epstein-Barr virus infection in an immunocompetent adult [8]

Histopathology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 439-441

  Clayton, R A E ^a   Malcomson, R D G ^a   Gilmour, H M ^a   Crawford, D H ^b   Parks, R W ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CD79A ANTIGEN; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ENCODED RNA 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ASCENDING COLON; B LYMPHOCYTE; CECUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONOSCOPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERITIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LETTER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; PLASMA CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ULCER; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; COLON; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 26444474083     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2005.02130.x     Document Type: Letter

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