Delayed renal allograft failure due to polyomavirus-associated tubulointerstitial nephritis [2]

Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 172-175

  Hill, P A ^a   Robbie, M ^a   Goodman, D G ^a   Regele, H ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LETTER; MALE; POLYOMA VIRUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 0037951597     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020307586     Document Type: Letter

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