BK Virus nephropathy in living donor renal allograft recipients: An observational study from a large transplant center in India

BK virus is a polyoma virus which remains in latent phase in the urinary tract, particularly in the renal tubular epithelial cells. In immunosuppressed patients, it is activated and manifests as tubule-interstitial nephritis causing renal allograft dysfunction. A total of 402 patients who underwent...

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Main Authors: Pallav Gupta, Ashwani Gupta, A. K. Bhalla, Manish Malik, Anurag Gupta, Vinant Bhargava, D. S. Rana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2018;volume=29;issue=6;spage=1366;epage=1370;aulast=Gupta