Monitoring for polyomavirus BK and JC in urine: Comparison of quantitative polymerase chain reaction with urine cytology

Transplantation

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 984-986

  Randhawa, Parmjeet ^a,d   Vats, Abhay ^b   Shapiro, Ron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Kidney; Polymerase chain reaction; Polyomavirus; Urine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINE CYTOLOGY; URINE LEVEL; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN;

BK VIRUS; HUMANS; JC VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE;

EID: 17844398776     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000157573.90090.FD     Document Type: Article

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