Polyomavirus nephropathy after renal transplantation: A single centre experience

Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 198-203

  Kim, Hyun Chul ^a,b   Hwang, Eun Ah ^a   Han, Seung Yeup ^a   Park, Sung Bae ^a   Park, Kwan Kyu ^a  

^a Keimyung University   (South Korea)

^b Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Graft failure; Polyomavirus nephropathy (BK virus nephropathy); Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; URINE CYTOLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; BK VIRUS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 20144367326     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2005.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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