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Cytomegalovirus the Predominant Cause of Pneumonia in Renal Transplant Patients: A Two-year Study of Pneumonia in Renal Transplant Recipients with Evaluation of Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy

Nadja Heurlin Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden
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Christina Brattström Department of Transplantation Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden
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Gunnar Tydén Department of Transplantation Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden
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Anneka Ehrnst Department of Virology, Central Microbiological Laboratory of Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden
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Jan Andersson Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institute, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 245-253 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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B. Wilczek, H. E. Wilczek, N. Heurlin, G. Tydén & P. Aspelin. (1996) Prognostic Significance of Pathological Chest Radiography in Transplant Patients Affected by Cytomegalovirus and/or Pneumocystis Carinii. Acta Radiologica 37:5, pages 727-731.
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Nadja Heurlin, Kerstin Elvin, Christer Lidman, Knut Lidman & Per Lundbergh. (1990) Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy and Sputum Examination for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Disease in AIDS Patients in Stockholm. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 22:6, pages 659-664.
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