A case of polyomavirus-associated nephropathy presenting late after transplantation

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 283-287

  Bansal, Shweta ^a   Lucia, M Scott ^a   Wiseman, Alexander ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

BK virus nephritis; Immunosuppression; Renal failure; SV40 staining; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; HYALIN; LEFLUNOMIDE; LEUKOCYTE ANTIBODY; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOADSORPTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX NEPHROPATHY; SIMIAN VIRUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; URINALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BK VIRUS; CREATININE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHRITIS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42549136154     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0784     Document Type: Article

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