Severe graft versus host disease following liver transplantation confirmed by PCR-HLA-B sequencing: Report of a case and literature review

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1057-1061

  Sanchez Izquierdo, J A ^a   Lumbreras, C ^a   Colina, F ^a   Martinez Laso, J ^a   Jimenez C ^a   Gomez R ^a   Garcia I ^a   Alvarez, M ^a   Arnaiz Villena, A ^a   Moreno, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chimerism; Graft versus host disease; Infection; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHIMERA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA;

EID: 0008820562     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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