Comparison of cytomegalovirus viral load measure by real-time PCR with pp65 antigenemia for the diagnosis of cytomegalovirus disease in solid organ transplant patients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4094-4096

  Hernando, S ^a   Folgueira, L ^a   Lumbreras, C ^a   San Juan, R ^a   Maldonado, S ^a   Prieto, C ^a   Babiano, M J ^a   Delgado, J ^a   Andres, A ^a   Moreno, E ^a   Aguado, J M ^a   Otero, J R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS LOAD;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

EID: 29544433928     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.10.087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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