Association of coronary artery disease in cardiac transplant recipients with cytomegalovirus infection

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 359-362

  McDonald, Ken ^a   Rector, Thomas S ^a   Braunlin, Elizabeth A ^a   Kubo, Spencer H ^a   Olivari, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; CYTOMEGALY; DRUG THERAPY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0024379937     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(89)90535-3     Document Type: Article

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