Reactive lymphadenopathy in Ugandan patients and its relationship to EBV and HIV infection

APMIS

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 302-307

  Kalungi, Sam ^a,b   Wabinga, Henry ^b   Bostad, Leif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

Author keywords

EBV; HIV; RLH; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN; LATENT MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UGANDA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS NUCLEAR ANTIGENS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UGANDA; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63449109262     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2009.02444.x     Document Type: Article

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