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SUBMITTER: Abudayyeh A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5653306 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Abudayyeh A A Hamdi A A Lin H H Abdelrahim M M Rondon G G Andersson B S BS Afrough A A Martinez C S CS Tarrand J J JJ Kontoyiannis D P DP Marin D D Gaber A O AO Salahudeen A A Oran B B Chemaly R F RF Olson A A Jones R R Popat U U Champlin R E RE Shpall E J EJ Winkelmayer W C WC Rezvani K K
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 20160302 5
Nephropathy due to BK virus (BKV) infection is an evolving challenge in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). We hypothesized that BKV infection was a marker of kidney function decline and a poor prognostic factor in HSCT recipients who experience this complication. In this retrospective study, we analyzed all patients who underwent their first allogeneic HSCT at our institution between 2004 and 2012. We evaluated the incidence of persistent kidney function decline, ...[more]