Cytomegalovirus as a cause of morbidity in heart transplantation: The experience of one center

Transplantation

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 492-496

  Steel, Helen M ^a,b   Murday, Andrew J ^a,c  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0029816905     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199608270-00011     Document Type: Article

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