Quantification of BK viral load in asymptomatic renal allograft recipients

Renal Failure

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 550-554

  Chan, Gary C W ^a   Leung, Anskar Y H ^a   Wong, Anders S Y ^a   Chan, Kwok Wah ^a   Kwong, Yok Lam ^a   Lai, Kar Neng ^a   Tang, Sydney C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Nephropathy; Polyoma BK virus; Quantitative PCR; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RENAL GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; BK VIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860786016     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0886022X.2012.664808     Document Type: Article

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