Kidney graft loss associated with JC polyomavirus nephropathy

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 295-298

  Rolla, Davide ^a   Giacomazzi, Claudio G ^b,c   Gentile, Raffaella ^a   Ravetti, Jean Louis ^a   Cannella, Giuseppe ^a   Varnier, Oliviero E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Advanced Biotechnology Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

JC polyomavirus; Kidney transplantation; Nephropathy

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CIDOFOVIR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VIRUS DNA; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERCHLOREMIC ACIDOSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JC POLYOMAVIRUS NEPHROPATHY; JC VIRUS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINE CYTOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; BIOPSY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; GRAFT REJECTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; VIROLOGY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; JC VIRUS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RENAL DIALYSIS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 67649388528     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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