Comparison of Serology Assays and Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Monitoring of Active Cytomegalovirus Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2748-2750

  Naumnik, B ^a   Malyszko J ^a,a   Chyczewski, L ^a   Kovalchuk, O ^a   Mysliwiec M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 36048968894     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.08.040     Document Type: Article

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