BK transplant nephropathy successfully treated with cidofovir

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1013-1014

  Keller, Lisa S ^a   Peh, Chen Au ^a   Nolan, James ^b   Bannister, Kym M ^a   Clarkson, Anthony R ^a   Faull, Randall J ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

BK transplant nephropathy; BK virus; Cidofovir; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

CIDOFOVIR; CREATININE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY INFECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; URINALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INCLUSION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BK VIRUS; CYTOSINE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0038363617     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfg061     Document Type: Article

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