Rejection treatment and cytomegalovirus infection as risk factors for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in renal transplant recipients

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 920-925

  Arend, S M ^a   Westendorp, R G J ^a   Kroon, F P ^a   Van't Wout, J W ^a   Vandenbroucke, J P ^a   Van Es, L A ^a   Van Der Woude, F J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS;

EID: 0029772367     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.6.920     Document Type: Article

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