Polyoma virus infection and urothelial carcinoma of the bladder following renal transplantation.
Renal transplant recipients are at increased risk of bladder carcinoma. The aetiology is unknown but a polyoma virus (PV), BK virus (BKV), may play a role; urinary reactivation of this virus is common post-renal transplantation and PV large T-antigen (T-Ag) has transforming activity. In this study,...
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פורמט: | Journal article |
שפה: | English |
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2008
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