Late-onset cytomegalovirus-associated interstitial nephritis in a kidney transplant

Nephron

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 490-494

  Trimarchi, Hernán ^a   Jordan, R ^a   Iotti, A ^a   Forrester, M ^a   Iotti, R ^a   Freixas, E ^a   Martinez J ^a   Schropp, J ^a   Pereyra, H ^a   Efron E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chronic rejection; Cytomegalovirus; Ganciclovir; Interstitial nephritis; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; GANCICLOVIR; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036419545     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063316     Document Type: Article

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