Fulminant epstein-barr virus-associated T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder in an immunocompetent middle-aged man presenting with chronic diarrhea and gastrointestinal bleeding

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1103-1107

  Abdul Ghafar, Jamshid ^a   Kim, Jae Woo ^a   Park, Kwang Hwa ^a   Cho, Mee Yon ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atypical T cell Proliferation; Epstein bar virus infections; Lymphoproliferatife disorders

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIROLOGY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 80052688015     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.8.1103     Document Type: Article

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