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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΛΟΙΜΩΞΕΩΝ ΑΠΟ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΚΥΤΤΑΡΟΙΟ (CMV) ΣΤΟΥΣ ΛΗΠΤΕΣ ΝΕΦΡΙΚΩΝ ΜΟΣΧΕΥΜΑΤΩΝ. ΣΥΣΧΕΤΙΣΗ ΜΕ HLA ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΑ

Abstract

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THE RATE OF ANTIBODIES TO CMV VIRUS, THE CLINICAL FEATURES OF THE DISEASE, ITS INTERFERENCE WITH GRAFT REJECTION AS WELL AS ITS CORRELATION TO HLA, WERE STUDIED IN 47 KIDNEY GRAFT RECIPIENTS. RESULTS CAN BE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS: A) ANTIBODIES TO CMV VIRUS WERE FOUND IN 58.9% OF THE RECIPIENTS. IN A CONTROL POPULATION STUDY ANTIBODIES TO CMV WERE FOUND IN 55.46%. B) RECIPIENTS WHO RECEIVED A GRAFT FROM SERONEGATIVE DONORS, DID NOT PRODUCE ANY CMV ANTIBODIES. C) 44.6% OFTHE RECIPIENTS WHO RECEIVED KIDNEYS FROM SEROPOSITIVE DONORS, PRODUCED CMV ANTIBODIES WHILE THE REMAINING 55.6% CONTINUED TO BE SERONEGATIVE. D) THERE ARE INDICATIONS STRONGLY SUGGESTING THAT HLA-A1 IS POSITIVELY CORRELATED WITH INCREASED CMV INFECTION IN THE RECIPIENTS TESTED. HLA-A1 RECIPIENTS SHOWED HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF CMV SEROPOSITIVE REACTIONS. E) HLA-A2 BW35 HAPLOTYPE SEEMS TO BE NEGATIVELY RELATED TO CMV INFECTION. RECIPIENTS BEANING A2 BW35 HAPLOTYPE WERE FOUND TO HAVE THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF CMV IN STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANT LEVEL. F) AVAILABLE THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENTS ARE NOT PROVED SATISFACTORY FOR TREATMENT OF CMVDISEASE.

Degree

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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Year dc:date
1985

Author and committee

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Authors dc:creator
  • Drakopoulos, Spiros
  • Δρακόπουλος, Σπύρος

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/0319
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/0319

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Greek National Archive of PhD Theses
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2026-07-24
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citation

Drakopoulos, Spiros; Δρακόπουλος, Σπύρος. ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΛΟΙΜΩΞΕΩΝ ΑΠΟ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΚΥΤΤΑΡΟΙΟ (CMV) ΣΤΟΥΣ ΛΗΠΤΕΣ ΝΕΦΡΙΚΩΝ ΜΟΣΧΕΥΜΑΤΩΝ. ΣΥΣΧΕΤΙΣΗ ΜΕ HLA ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΑ. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/0319