Conceptual Problems in the Diagnosis and Therapy of Acute Rejection in Patients with Polyomavirus Nephropathy [2]

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 840-

  Randhawa, Parmjeet ^a   Shapiro, Ron ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; STEROID;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LETTER; POLYOMA VIRUS; POLYOMA VIRUS NEPHROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 20244363749     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00466.x     Document Type: Letter

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