Transplant renal artery stenosis associated with acute cytomegalovirus infection: Resolution following ganciclovir administration

Renal Failure

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 982-984

  Ardalan, Mohammad R ^a   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^b   Tubbs, R Shane ^c   Ghabili, Kamyar ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Ganciclovir; Hypertension; Renal artery stenosis; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TRANSPLANT RENAL ARTERY STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GANCICLOVIR; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 73649137159     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08860220903288526     Document Type: Article

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