Electron microscopy in the diagnosis of BK-polyoma virus infection in the transplanted kidney

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 469-474

  Herrera, Guillermo A ^a,b   Veeramachaneni, Ravindra ^b   Turbat Herrera, Elba A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

BK virus; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Infection; Kidney

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MICROSCOPY; PATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BK VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRION;

BK POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 28844504681     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120500323399     Document Type: Article

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