Screening for PTLD in lung and heart-lung transplant recipients by measuring EBV DNA load in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid using real time PCR

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 464-468

  Michelson, Peter ^a,b   Watkins, Bradley ^c   Webber, Steven A ^d   Wadowsky, Robert ^d   Michaels, Marian G ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Epstein Barr virus; Immunosuppression; Lung and heart lung transplantation; Post transplant lymphoproliferative disorder

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECIPIENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHILD; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 43249093665     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00835.x     Document Type: Article

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