Monitoring the progress of BK virus associated nephropathy in renal transplant recipients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2598-2605

  William Tong, C Y ^a   Hilton, Rachel ^b   MacMahon, Eithne M E ^a   Brown, Lisa ^a   Pantelidis, Panagiotis ^b   Chrystie, Ian L ^a   Kidd, Michael ^a   Tungekar, M Fahim ^b   Pattison, James M ^b  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BK virus; BK virus associated nephropathy; Decoy cells; Electron microscopy; Kidney transplant; Viral load

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CIDOFOVIR; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BK VIRUS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 5444247166     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh391     Document Type: Article

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