| Title
of the article |
EBV PCR in the diagnosis and monitoring of posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder: results of a two-arm prospective trial.
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| Authors |
Tsai DE, Douglas L, Andreadis C, Vogl DT, Arnoldi S, Kotloff R, Svoboda J, Bloom RD, Olthoff KM, Brozena SC, Schuster SJ, Stadtmauer EA, Robertson ES, Wasik MA, Ahya VN. |
| Journal
|
Am J Transplant. 2008 May;8(5):1016-24. Epub 2008 Feb 29. |
| Subject
Consultant |
B. Watschinger |
| Score
(1 to 3 stars) |
** |
| Comments |
The study suggests that an assay that incorporates both gene targets EBNA and EBER in EBV quantitative real-time PCR assays would be most successful for diagnosing and monitoring PTLD patients. |
