The finding that active cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is associated with an increased mortality after organ transplantation and the introduction of successful antiviral treatment render more urgent the development of rapid and accurate diagnostic methods. Rapid immunodiagnosis of active CMV infect
Early diagnosis of CMV infection by detection of pp65 antigen in 91 renal transplant recipients
β Scribed by M. E. Lamy; N. K. Mulongo; M. Vargas; Y. Pirson; J. P. Squifflet
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 465 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0934-0874
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