Clinical significance of viral load in the diagnosis of cytomegalovirus disease after liver transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1477-1481

  Mendez, Julio ^a   Espy, Mark ^a   Smith, Thomas F ^a   Wilson, Jennie ^a   Wiesner, Russel ^a   Paya, Carlos V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BLOOD; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032526007     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199806150-00012     Document Type: Article

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