Prospective study of urine cytology screening for BK polyoma virus replication in renal transplant recipients

Cytopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 385-388

  Koukoulaki, M ^a,c   O'Donovan, M ^b   Pursglove, S ^b   Alexopoulou, D ^a   Hadjiconstantinou, V ^a   Drakopoulos, S ^a  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

BK virus infection; Decoy cells; PCR; Renal transplantation; Urine cytology

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; FIXATIVE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; BLOOD CYTOLOGY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DECOY CELL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; TRANSPORT MEDIUM; URINALYSIS; URINE CYTOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; BK VIRUS; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINALYSIS; URINE; VIRUS REPLICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56549130615     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2008.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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