Careful clinical monitoring in comparison to sequential Doppler sonography for the detection of acute rejection in the early phase after renal transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Wollenberg, K ^a   Waibel, B ^a   Pisarski, P ^a   Rump, L C ^a   Kirste, G ^a   Krumme, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHE KLINIK FÜR DIAGNOSTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Clinical score; Doppler sonography; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG COMBINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOPSY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0002358008     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2000.tb02081.x     Document Type: Article

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