Human Herpesvirus 8–Related Castleman Disease in the Absence of HIV Infection
Author(s) -
Antoine Dossier,
Véronique Meignin,
Claire Fieschi,
David Boutboul,
Éric Oksenhendler,
Lionel Galicier
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cis1009
Subject(s) - medicine , castleman disease , hepatosplenomegaly , rituximab , gastroenterology , autoimmune hemolytic anemia , serology , lymphoma , anemia , context (archaeology) , pathology , kaposi's sarcoma , immunology , sarcoma , disease , antibody , human herpesvirus , paleontology , biology
Castleman disease (CD) in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is well described. It is almost always multicentric (MCD) and linked to human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8). There are limited published data surrounding HHV-8-related CD among HIV-negative patients.
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