Active Management of Post-Renal Transplantation BK Virus Nephropathy: Preliminary Report

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2850-2852

  Halim, M A ^a   Al Otaibi, T ^a   El Kholy, O ^a   Gheith, O A ^a   Al Waheeb, S ^a   Szucs, G ^a   Pacsa, A ^a   Balaha, M A ^a   Hasaneen, H ^a   Said, T ^a   Nair, P ^a   Nampoory, M R N ^a  

^a IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEFLUNOMIDE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CADAVER KIDNEY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOPSY; BK VIRUS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CREATININE; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIREMIA;

EID: 70149110012     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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