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hepatic post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) is a complication of solid organ transplantation that is typically of B-cell origin and associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
References
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