West Nile virus infection after cardiac transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 774-776

  Murtagh, Blaithnead ^a   Wadia, Yasmin ^a   Messner, Greg ^a   Allison, Paul ^a   Harati, Yadollah ^b   Delgado, Reynolds ^a,c  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENCEPHALITIS; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 20444376906     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2003.10.026     Document Type: Article

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