Open AccessRISK OF LYMPHOID NEOPLASIA AFTER CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION
Author(s) -
Anthony Swerdlow,
Higgins Cd,
Hunt Bj,
Thomas Ja,
Burke Mm,
D. H. Crawford,
Yacoub Mh
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 - 10.1097/00007890-200003150-00039
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , lymphoma , lymphoproliferative disorders , population , risk factor , incidence (geometry) , epstein–barr virus , immunology , gastroenterology , virus , environmental health , physics , optics
Organ transplantation is associated with a greatly increased risk of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated lymphoproliferative disease (LPD), which is often fatal. There has been little epidemiological analysis, however, of the risk factors for LPD in transplant patients and none on whether the risks of non-EBV-associated lymphoid neoplasms are also increased.