A blood sample as a virologic marker of cytomegalovirus infection in liver and heart transplant patients;La muestra de sangre como marcador virológico de infección por citomegalovirus en pacientes con trasplantes hepático y cardíaco

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 246-249

  Niubó, Jordi ^a   Viqueira, Montserrat ^a   García, Amparo ^a   Manito, Nicolás ^a   Pérez, José L ^a   Martin, Rogelio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; URINE; VIROLOGY;

BLOOD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; URINE; VIROLOGY;

EID: 0039013404     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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