CMV infection is associated with transplant renal artery stenosis

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 185-189

  Pouria, S ^a   State, O I ^a   Wong, W ^a   Hendry, B M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0031881770     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/91.3.185     Document Type: Article

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