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Case Reports
. 1996 Nov;51(11):1160-2; discussion 1164-5.
doi: 10.1136/thx.51.11.1160.

Epstein-Barr virus associated graft failure following heart/lung transplantation

J J Egan  1 , J P Stewart, P S Hasleton, N Yonan, P Bishop, J R Arrand, A N Rahman, K B Carroll, A A Woodcock
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Epstein-Barr virus associated graft failure following heart/lung transplantation

J J Egan et al. Thorax. 1996 Nov.

Abstract

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.

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