The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 1 , Pages 255-256 , July 2009

Transmission of human T-lymphotropic virus type I by bilateral living-donor lobar lung transplantation

  • Satomi Yara, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Therapeutics (First Department of Internal Medicine), Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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  • Jiro Fujita, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Therapeutics (First Department of Internal Medicine), Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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  • Hiroshi Date, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan

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PII: S0022-5223(09)00467-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.12.050

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 1 , Pages 255-256 , July 2009

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