Pharmacotherapeutic options for the management of human polyomaviruses

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 577, Issue , 2006, Pages 228-254

  Roskopf, Julie ^a   Trofe, Jennifer ^b   Stratta, Robert J ^a   Ahsan, Nasimul ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYOMA VIRUS; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 33745602016     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-32957-9_17     Document Type: Review

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