Study compares strategies for BK virus nephropathy
Thursday, November 27, 2008 - 06:01
in Health & Medicine
For kidney transplant recipients with a serious complication called BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVAN), promptly cutting back on anti-rejection drugs reduces the risk of losing the kidney (graft loss), according to a report in the November Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN)...
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