Pretransplant IgG antibodies to polyoma BK virus in pediatric renal transplants

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 224-227

  Bijol, Vanesa ^a   Cimic, Adela ^a   Viscidi, Raphael P ^b   Hymes, Leonard C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BK viremia; BK virus; BKV specific antibody; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEPHRITIS; PEDIATRICS; POLYOMA VIRUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REINFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; VIREMIA;

BK VIRUS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 76449109781     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2009.01201.x     Document Type: Article

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