Increased incidence of cardiac complications in kidney transplant recipients with cytomegalovirus disease

Transplantation

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 310-313

  Humar, Abhinav ^a   Gillingham, Kristen ^a   Payne, William D ^a   Sutherland, David E R ^a   Matas, Arthur J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034721056     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200007270-00013     Document Type: Article

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