Cytomegalovirus infection in renal transplant recipients is associated with impaired survival irrespective of expected mortality risk

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-313

  Sagedal, Solbjørg ^a,b   Rollag, Halvor ^a   Hartmann, Anders ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus infection; Patient survival; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIGEN PP65; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OKT 3; PREDNISOLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 34248207272     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2006.00639.x     Document Type: Article

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