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Treatment of Renal Allograft Polyoma BK Virus Infection with Leflunomide

DOI

225

Citations

53

References

2006

Year

Michelle A. Josephson, Daniel L. Gillen, Basit Javaid, Pradeep V. Kadambi, S. Meehan, Preston Foster, Robert C. Harland, Richard Thistlethwaite, Marc R. Garfinkel, Walter J. Atwood,
Transplantation

Abstract

Leflunomide inhibits Polyoma virus replication in vitro and closely monitored leflunomide therapy with specifically targeted blood levels appears to be a safe and effective treatment for Polyoma BK nephropathy.

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