BK virus infection in renal transplant recipients

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 398-405

  Lin, P Ling ^a   Vats, Abhay N ^a   Green, Michael ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

BK virus; Interstitial nephritis; Renal transplant; Ureteral stenosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BROXURIDINE; CIDOFOVIR; CYCLOSPORIN A; GYRASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RETINOIC ACID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VIDARABINE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BK VIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHRITIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035184854     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.2001.t01-1-00037.x     Document Type: Review

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