Ureteral stents: A risk factor for polyomavirus BK viremia in kidney transplant recipients undergoing protocol screening

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2641-2644

  Siparsky, N F ^a   Kushnir, L F ^a   Gallichio, M H ^a   Conti, D J ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; CADAVER DONOR; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS BK NEPHROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; SCREENING; URETER STENT; VIREMIA;

BK VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; URETER; VIREMIA;

EID: 80052704795     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.06.034     Document Type: Article

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