BK virus infection and its effect on renal function in pediatric liver-transplant recipients: A cross-sectional, longitudinal, prospective study

Transplantation

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 943-946

  Amir, Achiya ^a   Shapiro, Rivka ^a   Shulman, Lester M ^b   Mor, Eytan ^c   Steinberg, Ran ^a   Fleishhacker, Hava ^a   Bergerin, Rachel ^a   Avitzur, Yaron ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

BK virus; Children; Liver transplantation; Renal function

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BK VIRUS INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PEDIATRICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BK VIRUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIREMIA;

EID: 80054732939     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31822e0b9a     Document Type: Review

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