Epstein-Barr virus associated graft failure following heart/lung transplantation.
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Egan, J JStewart, J P
Hasleton, Philip S
Yonan, N
Bishop, P
Arrand, John R
Rahman, A N
Carroll, K B
Woodcock, A A
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North West Lung Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester.Issue Date
1996-11
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A case is described of late pulmonary graft failure in a heart/lung transplant recipient. The major characteristics were alveolar fibrosis and a restrictive physiological deficit. Epstein-Barr virus was implicated as an aetiological agent using immunohistochemical analysis and by a response to treatment with ganciclovir.Citation
Epstein-Barr virus associated graft failure following heart/lung transplantation. 1996, 51 (11):1160-2; discussion 1164-5 ThoraxJournal
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10.1136/thx.51.11.1160PubMed ID
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0040-6376ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1136/thx.51.11.1160
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