Detection of Human Polyomaviruses in Urine from Bone Marrow Transplant Patients: Comparison of Electron Microscopy with PCR

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 306-312

  Biel, Stefan S ^a,c   Nitsche, Andreas ^b,c   Kurth, Andreas ^c   Siegert, Wolfgang ^b   Özel, Muhsin ^c   Gelderblom, Hans R ^c  

^a BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; URINALYSIS; URINE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

BK VIRUS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; JC VIRUS; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; URINE;

POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 0742304263     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2003.024539     Document Type: Article

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