Elevated serum alkaline phosphatase levels in a renal transplant patient precede colitis

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 157-160

  Korzets, A ^a   Zevin, D ^a   Ori, Y ^a   Herman, M ^a   Chagnac, A ^a   Gafter, U ^a  

^a Rabin Medical Center Campus Golda ^*

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; CMV colitis; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIGEN PP65; GANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COLITIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; ENDOSCOPY; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; COLITIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 33746868902     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2006.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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