Spontaneous regression of primary cutaneous Epstein-Barr virus-positive, CD30-positive anaplastic large T-cell lymphoma in a heart-transplant recipient

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Chiu, L S ^a   Choi, P C L ^a   Luk, N M ^b   Chang, M ^a   Tang, W Y M ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CD2 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD30 ANTIGEN; CYCLOSPORIN A; PREDNISOLONE; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHEMA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TISSUE NECROSIS; VIRAL SKIN DISEASE;

DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, ANAPLASTIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 66449108521     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.03145.x     Document Type: Article

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