Validation of Noninvasive Diagnosis of BK Virus Nephropathy and Identification of Prognostic Biomarkers

Authors :: Sandip Kapur
Surya V. Seshan
Heejung Bang
Darshana Dadhania
Ruchuang Ding
Catherine Snopkowski
Phyllis August
Vijay K. Sharma
Manikkam Suthanthiran
Thangamani Muthukumar
Jun Lee
Source :: Transplantation. 90:189-197
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2010.
Abstract: Background—BK virus nephropathy (BKVN) may cause renal allograft dysfunction and failure. The gold standard test is kidney biopsy, which is invasive and costly. A noninvasive, accurate biomarker for diagnosis of BKVN and prognostication of allograft function after BKVN infection may improve allograft survival.

Subjects :: Transplantation
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
chemical and pharmacologic phenomena
medicine.disease
medicine.disease_cause
Nephropathy
BK virus
surgical procedures, operative
Biopsy
Medicine
Biomarker (medicine)
business
Polyomavirus Infections
Kidney transplantation
Kidney disease

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