Noninvasive diagnosis of BK virus nephritis by measurement of messenger RNA for BK VP1 virus in urine [10]

Transplantation

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 446-

  Ding, Ruchuang ^a   Suthanthiran, Manikkam ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Box 3 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

BK VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; LETTER; NEPHRITIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0041766115     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000074309.20696.19     Document Type: Letter

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