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Unique BK virus non-coding control region (NCCR) variants in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients with and without hemorrhagic cystitis.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 2006
Carr Michael J, McCormack Grace P, Mutton Ken J, Crowley Brendan
Abstract excerpt
Hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients frequently develop BK virus (BKV)-associated hemorrhagic cystitis, which coincides with BK viruria. However, the precise role of BKV in the etiology of hemorrhagic cystitis in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients remains unclear, since approximately 50% of all such adult transplant recipients excrete BKV, yet do not develop this clinical condition. In the...
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