Cross-sectional study of BK virus infection in pediatric kidney transplant recipients

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 394-401

  Fogeda, Marta ^a   Muñoz, Patricia ^a,b   Luque, Augusto ^a   Morales, Ma Dolores ^a   Bouza, Emilio ^a,b   Fogeda, M ^b   Anaya, F ^b   Banares R ^b   Fernandez Rengel, M ^b   Luque, A ^b   Palomo, J ^b   Rincon D ^b   Salcedo, M ^b   Rodriguez C ^b   Serrano, D ^b   Diez, J L ^b   Verde, E ^b   Yanez J F ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón ^*

Author keywords

BK virus; Children; Kidney transplantation; Pediatric; Polyomavirus; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TACROLIMUS; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; URINALYSIS; VIREMIA; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 34247592085     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2006.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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