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Association of glycoprotein B and immediate early-1 genotypes with human leukocyte antigen alleles in renal transplant recipients with cytomegalovirus infection.
Transplantation - 15 Jan 2003
Retière Christelle, Lesimple Béatrice, Lepelletier Didier, Bignon Jean-Denis, Hallet Marie-Martine, Imbert-Marcille Berthe-Marie
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BACKGROUND: Numerous risk factors for cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection or disease, or both, such as serostatus of donor and recipient, immunosuppressive regimen, or intensity of viral load, have been identified in renal transplant recipients. Additional parameters may be involved, notably, genetic variability of both host and virus, which could modulate the efficacy of the immune response. METHODS: Active CMV...
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