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T E Starzl, M A Nalesnik, K A Porter, M Ho, S Iwatsuki, B P Griffith, J T Rosenthal, T R Hakala, B W Shaw, R L Hardesty.
Abstract
Post-transplant lymphomas or other lymphoproliferative lesions, which were usually associated with Epstein-Barr virus infections, developed in 8, 4, 3, and 2 recipients, respectively, of cadaveric kidney, liver, heart, and heart-lung homografts. Reduction or discontinuance of immunosuppression caused regression of the lesions, often without subsequent rejection of the grafts. Chemotherapy and irradiation were not valuable. The findings may influence policies about treating other kinds of post-transplantation neoplasms.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6142304 PMCID: PMC2987704 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(84)90994-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN: 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321