Epstein-Barr Virus-associated Multifocal Leiomyosarcomas Arising in a Cardiac Transplant Recipient: Autopsy Case Report and Review of the Literature

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 944-952

  Nur, Samina ^a   Rosenblum, Warren D ^a   Katta, Uma Devi ^a   Islam, Humayun ^b   Brown, Kathy ^a   Ramaswamy, Gita ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FATALITY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SMOOTH MUSCLE TUMOR;

EID: 34548432630     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.05.022     Document Type: Article

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