title: Oral hairy leukoplakia in an HIV-negative renal transplant patient.
abstract: A case of oral hairy leukoplakia presenting in an HIV-negative renal transplant recipient is described. The diagnosis was confirmed by identifying Epstein-Barr viral particles in the upper prickle cell layers of the epithelium by electron microscopy and by in situ DNA hybridisation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Dental School.
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Macleod
authors.forename: L Q
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Soames
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral