Open AccessEPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS-NEGATIVE LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS IN LONG-TERM SURVIVORS AFTER HEART, KIDNEY, AND LIVER TRANSPLANT1
Author(s) -
Gianpietro Dotti,
R Fiocchi,
Teresio Motta,
Amando Gamba,
Eliana Gotti,
Bruno Gridelli,
Gianmaria Borleri,
Cristina Manzoni,
Piera Viero,
Giuseppe Remuzzi,
Tiziano Barbui,
Alessandro Rambaldi
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-200003150-00027
Subject(s) - immunosuppression , lymphoproliferative disorders , lymphoma , epstein–barr virus , medicine , virus , gammaherpesvirinae , gene rearrangement , gastroenterology , immunology , pathology , herpesviridae , biology , viral disease , gene , genetics
Solid organ transplant patients undergoing long-term immunosuppression have high risk of developing lymphomas. The pathogenesis of the late-occurring posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) have not yet been extensively investigated.