Immunosuppressive treatment in a heart transplantation candidate with antiphospholipid syndrome

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 504-507

  Pengo, V ^a,b   Biasiolo, A ^a   Marson, P ^a   De Silvestro, G ^a   Agostini, C ^a   Livi, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Department of Medical Oncology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Heart transplantation; Immunosuppressive therapy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029782431     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02229652     Document Type: Article

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