Successful treatment of HIV-associated multicentric Castleman's disease and multiple organ failure with rituximab and supportive care: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Multicentric Castleman's Disease (MCD), a lymphoproliferative disorder associated with Human Herpes Virus-8 (HHV-8) infection, is increasing in incidence amongst HIV patients. This condition is associated with lymphadenopathy, polyclonal gammopathy, hepato-splenomegaly and systemi...

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Autores principales: Johns, Robin H, Doyle, Tomas, Lipman, Marc C, Cwynarski, Kate, Cleverley, Joanne R, Isaacson, Peter G, Shaw, Steve, Agarwal, Banwari
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2825517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20205844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-32

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2825517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20205844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-32

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