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Epidemiology of BK Virus in Renal Allograft Recipients: Independent Risk Factors for BK Virus Replication

Darshana M. Dadhania, Catherine Snopkowski, Ruchuang Ding, Thangamani Muthukumar, Christina Chang, Meredith J. Aull, Jun Lee, Vijay K. Sharma, Sandip Kapur, Manikkam Suthanthiran

Transplantation · 2008 · 127 citations · 25 references

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Steroid maintenance therapy and induction with antithymocyte globulin are independent risk factors for BKV replication in renal allograft recipients treated with tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil.

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Prospective Study of Polyomavirus Type BK Replication and Nephropathy in Renal-Transplant Recipients

Hans H. Hirsch, Wendy A. Knowles, Michael Dickenmann et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2002 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Incidence of BK with Tacrolimus Versus Cyclosporine and Impact of Preemptive Immunosuppression Reduction

Daniel C. Brennan, Irfan Agha, Daniel L. Bohl et al. · American Journal of Transplantation · 2005 · 699 citations

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Noninvasive Diagnosis of Renal-Allograft Rejection by Measurement of Messenger RNA for Perforin and Granzyme B in Urine

Baogui Li, Choli Hartono, Ruchuang Ding et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2001 · 597 citations · Full text

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HUMAN POLYOMA VIRUS-ASSOCIATED INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS IN THE ALLOGRAFT KIDNEY1

Parmjeet Randhawa, Sydney Finkelstein, Velma P. Scantlebury et al. · Transplantation · 1999 · 525 citations