BK virus nephropathy in renal transplant patients in London

Transplantation

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1008-1015

  White, Laura H ^a   Casian, Alina ^b   Hilton, Rachel ^b   MacPhee, Iain A M ^c   Marsh, James ^d   Sweny, Paul ^e   Trevitt, Ray ^f   Frankel, Andrew H ^a   Warrens, Anthony N ^a,g  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BK virus; Immunosuppression complications; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CIDOFOVIR; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; DACLIZUMAB; FINGOLIMOD; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; BK VIRUS NEPHROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RENAL GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; BK VIRUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONDON; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 42149145478     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31816a32fc     Document Type: Article

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