Infection with human herpesvirus 6 after kidney-pancreas transplant

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1197-1199

  Benito, Natividad ^a   Ricart, M José ^a   Pumarola, Tomás ^a   Marcos, M Angeles ^a   Oppenheimer, Federico ^a   Moreno Camacho, Asunción ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beta herpesviruses; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Human herpesvirus 6; Kidney pancreas transplantation; Solid organ transplantation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CASE REPORT; ENCEPHALITIS; FEVER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RECIPIENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ENCEPHALITIS; FEVER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042823731     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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