Medline ® Abstract for Reference 69
of 'Development of malignancy following solid organ transplantation'
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Kaposi's sarcoma associated with previous human herpesvirus 8 infection in heart transplant recipients.
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Emond JP, Marcelin AG, Dorent R, Milliancourt C, Dupin N, Frances C, Agut H, Gandjbakhch I, Calvez V
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J Clin Microbiol. 2002;40(6):2217.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the seroprevalence of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) in a group of 150 patients awaiting heart transplants and to detect HHV-8 seroconversion after transplantation. Four patients were HHV-8 seropositive before transplantation, and one of them developed Kaposi's sarcoma. One patient converted to seropositive HHV-8 status after transplantation.
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Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris, France.
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