Quantitative polymerase chain reaction to predict occurrence of symptomatic cytomegalovirus infection and assess response to ganciclovir therapy in renal transplant recipients.

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Published in J Infect Dis on September 01, 1998

Authors

T C Roberts1, D C Brennan, R S Buller, M Gaudreault-Keener, M A Schnitzler, K E Sternhell, K A Garlock, G G Singer, G A Storch

Author Affiliations

1: Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.

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