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Selective outgrowth of a posttransplant B-immunoblastic lymphoma expressing a latent membrane protein-1 deletion variant.
Transplantation - 15 Oct 1997
Kershaw G R, Berger C, McQuain C, al-Homsi A S, Pihan G, Quesenberry P J, Woda B A, Knecht H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders are generally associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and are of B cell origin. We report the case of a B-immunoblastic lymphoma that developed in a pretransplantation EBV-seronegative woman 4 months after kidney transplant from her HLA-haploidentical brother. The patient successfully underwent immunotoxin therapy for lymphoma and has been in remission for...
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