| Literature DB >> 16647447 |
B Kranz1, U Vester, J Becker, T Woltering, A-M Wingen, A Paul, P F Hoyer.
Abstract
Early manifestations of posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) are mainly associated with a primary Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. Rapid increases in peripheral blood EBV DNA load are supposed to reliably predict PTLD. We report a boy who 6 months after living-related kidney transplantation presented with an extranodal esophageal manifestation of PTLD. Despite a primary EBV infection with tonsillitis, the peripheral blood EBV DNA remained low, hiding the progression to PTLD.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16647447 DOI： 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.01.075
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Transplant Proc ISSN： 0041-1345 Impact factor: 1.066