Chronic high Epstein-Barr viral load carriage in pediatric liver transplant recipients

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-323

  Green, Michael ^a   Soltys, Kyle ^a   Rowe, David T ^b   Webber, Steven A ^a   Mazareigos, George ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; Liver transplantation; Post transplant lymphoproliferative disorders

Indexed keywords

RITUXIMAB;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRANSPLANTATION LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

CARRIER STATE; CHILD; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 64149112298     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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