Real-Time PCR Assay Compared With Antigenemia Assay for Detecting Cytomegalovirus Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1458-1460

  Kim, D J ^a   Kim, S J ^a   Park, J ^a   Choi, G S ^a   Lee, S ^a   Kwon, C D ^a   Ki, C ^a   Joh, J ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECIPIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 34250221416     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.01.088     Document Type: Article

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