BK virus nephropathy - Polyomavirus adding insult to injury

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 347, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 527-530

  Fishman, Jay A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY;

BK VIRUS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY INFECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BK VIRUS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0037103423     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe020076     Document Type: Editorial

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