Retransplantation after post-transplant lymphoproliferative diseases (PTLD): When is it safe?

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1733-1734

  Hanto, Douglas W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BENIGN POLYCLONAL B CELL HYPERPLASIA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GRAFT REJECTION; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; POSTTRANSPLANT LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; TUMOR; VIRUS LOAD;

HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SAFETY;

EID: 7244250308     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00623.x     Document Type: Review

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