Late cytomegalovirs disease in marrow transplantation is predicted by virus load in plasma

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 782-785

  Zaia, John A ^a   Gallez Hawkins, Ghislaine M ^a   Tegtmeier, Bernard R ^a   Veer, Anna Ter ^a   Li, Xiuli ^a   Niland, Joyce C ^a   Forman, Stephen J ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; BLOOD; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0030611860     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517301     Document Type: Article

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