The Morphologic Features of Primary Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in the Gastrointestinal Tract
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Epstein-Barr virus infection and gastrointestinal diseases
Epstein-Barr is a member of the herpesvirus family that infects more than 90% of the worlds population. Although primary infection typically occurs within the first few years of life or in adolescence and is generally asymptomatic or results in infectious mononucleosis respectively, in some cases the virus is implicated with the development of a large spectrum of gastrointestinal malignant and...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Surgical Pathology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0147-5185
DOI: 10.1097/pas.0000000000001319