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ReviewVirology journal2008

Complications post renal transplantation: literature focus on BK virus nephropathy and diagnostic tools actually available.

Monica Mischitelli, Anna Bellizzi, Elena Anzivino, Daniela Fioriti, Renzo Boldorini, Umberto Miglio, Fernanda Chiarini, Franco Di Monaco, Valeria Pietropaolo

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Review in Virology journal, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Polyoma virus nephropathy in kidney transplantation.World journal of transplantation · 2017
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Frequency of Polyomavirus BK Infection in Kidney Transplant Patients Suspected to Nephropathy.International journal of organ transplantation medicine · 2015
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Post-transplant infections: An ounce of prevention.Indian journal of nephrology · 2010
    Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Monica MischitelliDepartment of Public Health Sciences, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. monicamischitelli@virgilio.it
Anna Bellizzi
Elena Anzivino
Daniela Fioriti
Renzo Boldorini
Umberto Miglio
Fernanda Chiarini
Franco Di Monaco
Valeria Pietropaolo

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical diagnosis of kidney transplants related illnesses is not a simple task. Several studies were conducted to define diseases and complications after renal transplantation, but there are no comprehensive guidelines about diagnostic tools for their prevention and detection. The Authors of this review looked for the medical literature and pertinent publications in particular to understand the role of Human Polyomavirus BK (BKV) in renal failure and to recognize analytical techniques for BK virus associated nephropathy (BKVAN) detection.

Indexed as

BK VirusCystitisGraft RejectionHumansKidney TransplantationPolyomavirus InfectionsTumor Virus Infections

Identifiers

PMID18315864
PMCPMC2268664

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