BK virus nephropathy in renal transplant recipients in Kuwait: A preliminary report

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3048-3050

  Nampoory, M R N ^a,c   Johny, K V ^b   Pacsa, A ^b   Nair, P M ^a   Said, T ^a   Halim, M A ^a   Francis, I ^b   Samhan, M ^a   Mousawi, M ^a   Dalawi, A ^b   Szucs, G ^b   Al Nakib, W ^b  

^a IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INFECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KUWAIT; MALE; OBSTRUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RENAL GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; TOXICITY; URINALYSIS; VIREMIA;

ADULT; BK VIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 26444559585     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.08.018     Document Type: Article

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