Role of endomyocardial biopsy in rejection surveillance after heart transplantation in neonates and children

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 766-771

  Zales, Vincent R ^a   Crawford, Susan ^a   Backer, Carl L ^a   Pahl, Elfriede ^a   Webb, Catherine L ^a   Lynch, Patricia ^a   Mavroudis, Constantine ^a   Woodrow Benson Jr , D ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OKT 3; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MYOCARDIUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0028212933     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(94)90766-8     Document Type: Article

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