Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disease after Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation

Patients after solid organ transplantation (SOT) carry a substantially increased risk to develop malignant lymphomas. This is in part due to the immunosuppression required to maintain the function of the organ graft. Depending on the transplanted organ, up to 15% of pediatric transplant recipients a...

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Main Authors: Martin Mynarek, Tilmann Schober, Uta Behrends, Britta Maecker-Kolhoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/814973