PCR assays for the early detection of BKV infection in 125 Spanish kidney transplant patients

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 706-711

  Vera Sempere, Francisco J ^a   Rubio, Luis ^a   Felipe Ponce, Vanesa ^a   García, Ana ^a   Mayordomo, Fernando ^a   Sánchez Plumed, Jaime ^a   Beneyto, Isabel ^a   Ramos, David ^a   Zamora, Isabel ^a   Simón, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

BK virus; Polyomavirus; Renal transplant; Sequence analysis; Tubulointerstitial nephropathy

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CYCLOSPORIN; DACLIZUMAB; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TSUKUBAENOLIDE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; URINALYSIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; BK VIRUS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPAIN; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 33750804784     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2006.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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