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. 1996 Nov;51(11):1160–1165. doi: 10.1136/thx.51.11.1160

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

J J Egan 1, J P Stewart 1, P S Hasleton 1, N Yonan 1, P Bishop 1, J R Arrand 1, A N Rahman 1, K B Carroll 1, A A Woodcock 1
PMCID: PMC1090531  PMID: 8958903

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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