Outcome of management strategies for BK virus replication in pediatric renal transplant recipients

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 180-186

  Puliyanda, Dechu P ^a,b   Toyoda, Mieko ^b   Traum, Avram Z ^d   Flores, Francisco X ^e   Jordan, Stanley ^b   Moudgil, Asha ^c   Somers, Michael J G ^d  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

BK virus; Management; Outcome; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CIDOFOVIR; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT FAILURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECIPIENT; SCHOOL CHILD; VIREMIA; VIRURIA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BK VIRUS; CHILD; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; URINE; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 40149095923     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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