Polyomaviruses BK- And JC-DNA quantitation in kidney allograft biopsies

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-23

  Costa, Cristina ^a   Bergallo, Massimiliano ^a   Sidoti, Francesca ^a   Astegiano, Sara ^a   Terlizzi, Maria Elena ^a   Mazzucco, Gianna ^a   Segoloni, Giuseppe P ^b   Cavallo, Rossana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

BKV; JCV; Kidney transplantation; Polyomavirus associated nephropathy; Renal biopsy; Ureteral stenosis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JC VIRUS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYOMA VIRUS; POLYOMA VIRUS ASSOCIATED NEPHROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URETER DISEASE; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BK VIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JC VIRUS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57749113511     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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