Central Nervous System Involvement of Epstein Barr Virus Associated Lymphoproliferative Disorder in a Child with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Successful Treatment with Rituximab and Interferon-Alpha

Central Nervous System Involvement of Epstein Barr Virus Associated Lymphoproliferative Disorder in a Child with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Successful Treatment with Rituximab and Interferon-Alpha

Central nervous system (CNS) involvement of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated lymphoproliferative disease is a rare and serious complication in children with leukemia. Although rituximab therapy seems to be promising in these cases, persistent hypogammaglobulinemia may appear after treatment due t...

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Main Authors: Berna Atabay, Meral Türker, Can Öztürk, Sümer Sütçüoğlu, Haldun Öniz, Esra Arun Özer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2013-03-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Hematology
Subjects:
epstein-barr virus
lymphoproliferative disorder
rituximab
children
leukemia
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