Chronic anemia as a complication of parvovirus B19 infection in a pediatric kidney transplant patient

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 355-357

  Mathias, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic anemia; Immunoglobulin; Immunosuppression; Kidney transplant; Parvovirus B19

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; INSULIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; FATIGUE; HEART PALPITATION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030992336     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004670050296     Document Type: Article

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