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    Transformed lymphoid cells are relatively large, usually with a round to oval nucleus with one or more nucleoli and basophilic cytoplasm as seen on a Wright-Giemsa type stain. They are like lymphocytes that have been exposed to a mitogen.

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  1. Pediatric Kidney Transplantation, Shands Hospital at UF, University of Florida College of Medicine Medical Director, Gainesville, Florida, USA

    Vikas R. Dharnidharka (Associate Professor and Chief Fellowship Program Director Division of Pediatric Nephrology) (Associate Professor and Chief Fellowship Program Director Division of Pediatric Nephrology)

  2. Division of Infectious Diseases Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Michael Green (Professor of Pediatrics and Surgery) (Professor of Pediatrics and Surgery)

  3. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Steven A. Webber (Professor of Pediatrics, Chief, Division of Cardiology Co-Director, Heart Center Medical Director, Pediatric Heart and Heart-Lung Transplantation) (Professor of Pediatrics, Chief, Division of Cardiology Co-Director, Heart Center Medical Director, Pediatric Heart and Heart-Lung Transplantation)

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Swerdlow, S.H. (2010). Pathology. In: Dharnidharka, V.R., Green, M., Webber, S.A. (eds) Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01653-0_7

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