Insidious course of cytomegalovirus infection in hand transplant recipient: Case report, diagnostics, and treatment

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2827-2830

  Chelmoski, A ^a   Jabecki, J ^a   Szajerka, T ^a  

^a General Surgery Ward   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; GASTROSCOPY; HAND SURGERY; HAND TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HAND; HUMANS;

EID: 80052714980     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.06.031     Document Type: Article

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