Update on human polyomavirus BK nephropathy

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 773-779

  Cimbaluk, David ^a   Pitelka, Lisa ^a   Kluskens, Larry ^a   Gattuso, Paolo ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BK; Decoy cell; Nephropathy; Polyoma

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; POLYOMA VIRUS BK; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RENAL GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; URINALYSIS; VIRUS CULTURE;

BK VIRUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 70349317161     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21147     Document Type: Review

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