Epstein-Barr virus and posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder in solid organ transplant recipients

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  Allen, U ^a   Preiksaitis, J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

B lymphocyte; Cytotoxic T lymphocyte surveillance; Epstein Barr virus; Posttransplant lymphoproliferation; Primary infection; PTLD

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALPHA INTERFERON; CD20 ANTIBODY; CD20 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL LINEAGE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHENOTYPE; POSTTRANSPLANTATION LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 72949114320     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02898.x     Document Type: Review

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