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Editorial
. 2014 Mar;9(3):445-7.
doi: 10.2215/CJN.13001213. Epub 2014 Jan 30.

Treatment of BK viremia after renal transplantation: are fluoroquinolones a false dawn?

Siddiq Anwar  1 , Daniel C Brennan
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Editorial

Treatment of BK viremia after renal transplantation: are fluoroquinolones a false dawn?

Siddiq Anwar et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: BK nephropathy; BK viremia; Fluoroquinolones; renal transplant.

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