Human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B genotypes in renal transplant recipients

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-34

  Vogelberg, Christian ^a   Meyer König, Ursula ^a   Hufert, Frank T ^a   Kirste, Günter ^a   Von Laer, Dorothee ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Glycoprotein B; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5;

EID: 0029961389     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199609)50:1<31::AID-JMV7>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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