Antigenemia for cytomegalovirus in renal transplantation: Choosing a cutoff for the diagnosis criteria in cytomegalovirus disease

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2781-2783

  Schroeder R ^a,b,c   Michelon, T ^b   Fagundes, I ^b   Bortolotto, A ^b   Lammerhirt, E ^b   Oliveira, J ^a   Santos, A ^b   Bittar, A ^b   Keitel, E ^b   Garcia, V ^b   Neumann, J ^b   Saitovitch, D ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Santa Casa Complexo Hospitalar   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Dom Vicente Scherer   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIGEN PP65;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIREMIA;

EID: 25144456614     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.06.091     Document Type: Article

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