BK viral loads and immune monitoring in renal transplant recipients

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1039-1040

  Lacey, S F ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BK VIRUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDITORIAL; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MONITORING; JC VIRUS; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY GRAFT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; UPREGULATION; VIREMIA; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL, TUMOR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BK VIRUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 34247324413     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01767.x     Document Type: Editorial

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