BK virus nephropathy: Clinical experience in a university hospital in Japan

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 924-928

  Takayama, Tatsuya ^a   Ito, Toshiki ^a   Suzuki, Kazuo ^a   Ushiyama, Tomomi ^a   Horii, Toshinobu ^a   Miura, Katsutoshi ^a   Ozono, Seiichiro ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

BK virus; Quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction; Urine cytology

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MIZORIBINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS NEPHROPATHY; CADAVER DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JAPAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CELL; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY INFECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINE CYTOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; BK VIRUS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; JAPAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450249986     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2009.02400.x     Document Type: Article

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