Immunosuppression reduction for BK virus nephropathy: A case for caution

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 244-248

  Womer, K L ^a,d   Guerra, G ^b   Dibadj, K ^b   Huang, Y ^a   Kazory, A ^b   Kaplan, B ^c   Srinivas, T R ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; BK virus nephropathy; Dendritic cells; Immune monitoring; Polyclonal antibody; Polyomavirus; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY INFECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIREMIA;

BK VIRUS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 34547728125     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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