BK Virus Nephropathy Due to KOM-3 Strain

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-126

  Chan, Gavin S W ^a   Tsoi, Hoi Wah ^a   Wong, Samson S Y ^a   Li, Chiu Leong ^b   Tse, Herman ^a   Un I, Kuok ^b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a   Chan, Kwok Wah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Obstetric amp Gynecology of Centro Hospitalar Conde S Januário of Macao Special Administrative Region of People Republic of China   (Macao)

Author keywords

BK virus nephropathy; renal transplant

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; PRIMER DNA; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; UREA; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BK VIRUS; BK VIRUS KOM 3; CADAVER DONOR; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDEMA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GRAFT FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMA CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL, TUMOR; BASE SEQUENCE; BK VIRUS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 67449116335     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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