γ-Herpesvirus load as surrogate marker of early death in HIV-1 lymphoma patients submitted to high dose chemotherapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.

Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is a feasible procedure for human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) lymphoma patients, whose underlying disease and intrinsic HIV-1- and ASCT-associated immunodeficiency might increase the risk for γ-herpesvirus load persistence and/or reactivation. We eval...

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Main Authors: Chiara Pratesi, Stefania Zanussi, Rosamaria Tedeschi, Maria Teresa Bortolin, Renato Talamini, Maurizio Rupolo, Chiara Scaini, Giancarlo Basaglia, Matteo Di Maso, Mario Mazzucato, Ernesto Zanet, Umberto Tirelli, Mariagrazia Michieli, Antonino Carbone, Paolo De Paoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4323102?pdf=render