Journal article
Urine cytology screening for polyoma virus infection following renal transplantation: the Oxford experience.
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OBJECTIVE: To review the first year of a monthly urine cytology screening service, introduced to identify renal transplant patients at risk of polyoma virus nephropathy (PVN), at an early, potentially treatable, stage. METHODS AND RESULTS: Monthly urine samples (n = 392) were received from 97/108 transplant recipients in 2005. Of 56 patients with follow-up >6 months, 20% and 9% had significant (>10 decoy cells/cytospin) and non-significant positive cytology, respectively. The first pos...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Journal of clinical pathology
- Volume:
- 60
- Issue:
- 8
- Pages:
- 927-930
- Publication date:
- 2007-08-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1472-4146
- ISSN:
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0021-9746
- Source identifiers:
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144875
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- English
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pubs:144875
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- pubs:144875
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- 2012-12-19
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- 2007
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