Native kidney BK virus nephropathy associated with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1269-1271

  McCrory, Richard ^a   Gray, Moyra ^b   Leonard, Niall ^a   Smyth, John ^a   Woodman, Alastair ^a  

^a ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BK virus nephropathy; Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Leflunomide

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FLUDARABINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEFLUNOMIDE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY INFECTION; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URINALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TITRATION;

AGED; BK VIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ISOXAZOLES; KIDNEY DISEASES; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84861181824     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfs002     Document Type: Article

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