PATIENTS AT RISK FOR DEVELOPMENT OF POSTTRANSPLANT LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER: PLASMA VERSUS PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELLS AS MATERIAL FOR QUANTIFICATION OF EPSTEIN-BARR VIRAL LOAD BY USING REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION1,2

Hans-Joachim Wagner, Meike Wessel, Wolfram J. Jabs, Françoise Smets, Lars Fischer, G. Offner, Peter Bucsky

Transplantation · 2001 · 216 citations · 36 references

Abstract

Although both PBMCs and plasma were useful as material for EBV-specific RQ-PCR in immunosuppressed patients and nonimmunosuppressed individuals, the specificity of analysis seemed to be higher if plasma was taken for analysis.

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