Relationship of cytomegalovirus viral load in blood to pneumonitis in lung transplant recipients

Transplantation

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 733-735

  Sanchez, Jason L ^a,b   Kruger, Robert M ^a,c   Paranjothi, Subramanian ^a   Trulock, Elbert P ^a   Lynch, John P ^a   Hicks, Chindo ^a   Shannon, William D ^a   Storch, Gregory A ^a,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 0035959316     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200108270-00030     Document Type: Article

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