Prospective study of BKV nephropathy in 117 renal transplant recipients

New Microbiologica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-130

  Giraldi, Cristina ^a,c   Noto, Alessandra ^a   Tenuta, Robert ^a   Greco, Francesca ^a   Perugini, Daniela ^a   Dodaro, Saveria ^a   Spadafora, Mario ^a   Bianco Lo, Anna Maria ^a   Savino, Olga ^a   Papalia, Teresa ^b   Greco, Rosita ^b   Bonofiglio, Renzo ^b  

^a Microbiologia e Virologia ^*  (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Laboratorio di Virologia e Microbiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

BKV; Diagnosis; Nephropathy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BK VIRUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

BIOPSY; BK VIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRAL LOAD;

BK POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 34250875768     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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