## Abstract ## Background BK virus nephropathy is the most common type of viral disease to occur following renal transplantation. Although its frequency differs according to transplantation center, the rate is between 1.5% and 20%. Diagnosis can be established histologically by renal allograft bio
Low frequency of BK virus in prostatic adenocarcinomas
β Scribed by SEAN K. LAU; SIMON F. LACEY; YUAN-YUAN CHEN; WEN-GANG CHEN; LAWRENCE M. WEISS
- Book ID
- 109343659
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 240 KB
- Volume
- 115
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0365-5555
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