Adapted treatment of epstein-barr virus infection to prevent posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder after heart transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 857-866

  Choquet, S ^a   Varnous, S ^a   Deback, C ^a   Golmard, J L ^a   Leblond, V ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; heart transplantation; immunosuppression; posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disease; rituximab

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VALGANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTTRANSPLANT LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REACTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETICS; GRAFT REJECTION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DNA, VIRAL; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS ACTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897108329     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12640     Document Type: Article

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