BK Polyoma Virus Nephropathy Among Iranian Renal Transplant Recipients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 193-195

  Ghafari, A ^a   Lessan Pezeshki, M ^b   Taghizadieh, M ^a   Rahimi, E ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; IRAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; POLYOMA VIRUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; BK VIRUS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 38749104236     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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