Testing for polyomavirus type BK DNA in plasma to identify renal- allograft recipients with viral nephropathy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 1309-1315

  Nickeleit, Volker ^a   Klimkait, Thomas ^b   Binet, Isabelle F ^a   Dalquen, Peter ^a   Del Zenero, Veronika ^b   Thiel, Gilbert ^a   Mihatsch, Michael J ^a   Hirsch, Hans H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

BK VIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034604116     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200005043421802     Document Type: Article

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