HHV-6 infection in a pediatric kidney transplant patient

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2445-2448

  Koukourgianni, Foteini ^a   Pichault, Valérie ^a   Liutkus, Aurélia ^a   Gillet, Yves ^a   Ranchin, Bruno ^a   Mestrallet, Guillaume ^a   Cochat, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Children; HHV 6 infection; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BASILIXIMAB; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NEPHRIN; PENTAMIDINE; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MYCOSIS; NEPHRECTOMY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 70350638775     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-009-1237-3     Document Type: Article

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