BK viral infection in an Australian pediatric renal transplant population

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 480-484

  Haysom, L ^a   Rosenberg, A R ^a   Kainer, G ^a   Waliuzzaman, Z M ^b   Roberts, J ^b   Rawlinson, W D ^b   Mackie, Fiona E ^a,c  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

BK virus; Interstitial nephritis; Polyomavirus; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BK VIRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BK VIRUS; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 4644288301     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2004.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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