Missed viral surveillance testing visits associate with full blown viral diseases in children receiving kidney transplants

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-132

  Al Khasawneh, Eihab ^a   Araya, Carlos E ^a   Dharnidharka, Vikas R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

full blown viral disease; transplant; viral replication; viral surveillance

Indexed keywords

MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; BK VIRUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84874498883     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2012.01773.x     Document Type: Article

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