Complications post renal transplantation: literature focus on BK virus nephropathy and diagnostic tools actually available.

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Published in Virol J on March 03, 2008

Authors

Monica Mischitelli1, Anna Bellizzi, Elena Anzivino, Daniela Fioriti, Renzo Boldorini, Umberto Miglio, Fernanda Chiarini, Franco Di Monaco, Valeria Pietropaolo

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health Sciences, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. monicamischitelli@virgilio.it

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