BK-virus nephropathy in renal transplants - Tubular necrosis, MHC-class II expression and rejection in a puzzling game

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 324-332

  Nickeleit, Volker ^a   Hirsch, Hans H ^b   Zeiler, Matthias ^a   Gudat, Fred ^a   Prince, Olivier ^a   Thiel, Gilbert ^a   Mihatsch, Michael J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BK virus; Histology; ICAM; Kidney; MHC class II; Outcome; Polyomavirus; Rejection; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TACROLIMUS; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BK VIRUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY NECROSIS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; KIDNEY TUBULE DAMAGE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA;

EID: 0034002940     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/15.3.324     Document Type: Note

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