Prospective Study of Infection and Nephropathy Due to BK and JC Polyomavirus in 76 Kidney Transplant Recipients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2927-2929

  Lopez V ^a   Gutierrez C ^a   Burgos, D ^a   Gonzalez Molina M ^a   Cabello, M ^a   Sola, E ^a   Garcia, I ^a   Siles, J ^b   Florez, P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b Genetaq   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JC VIRUS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BK VIRUS; CADAVER; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; JC VIRUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 55749114028     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.08.098     Document Type: Article

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