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Table 1 Serological tests for EBV and real-time PCR for EBV-DNA in whole blood

From: Spontaneous regression of plasmablastic lymphoma in an elderly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative patient

Variable

At biopsy

Four days after surgerya

Reference (range)

VCA-IgG (titer)

320

80

<10

VCA-IgA (titer)

<10

NA

<10

VCA-IgM (titer)

<10

<10

<10

EA-DR-IgG (titer)

<10

NA

<10

EA-DR-IgA (titer)

<10

NA

<10

EBNA (titer)

20

20

<10

EBV-DNA (copies/μgDNA)

NA

3.7 x 10^2

<1 × 10^2.5

  1. aDay 44 after biopsy
  2. VCA viral capsid antigen, EA-DR early antigen-diffuse and restrict complex, EBNA Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen, EBV Epstein-Barr virus, NA not available
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Diagnostic Pathology

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