BK polyomavirus interstitial nephritis in a renal transplant patient with no previous acute rejection episodes

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 313-316

  Elli, Attilio ^a   Banfi, Giovanni ^a   Fogazzi, Giovanni Battista ^a   Tarantino, Antonio ^a   Ponticelli, Claudio ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

BK polyomavirus; Interstitial nephritis; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SV 40 ANTIGEN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CHROMATIN; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SCREENING; VIRUS INFECTION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; BK VIRUS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 0035985379     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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