The anaphylatoxin C5a, a new parameter in the diagnosis of renal allograft rejection

Transplant International

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Müller, Thomas F ^a   Neumann, Christine M ^a   Greb, Christoph ^a   Kraus, Michael ^b   Lange, Harald ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Behringwerke AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allograft rejection; Anaphylatoxin C5a; Complement products; Neopterin; Serum amyloid A

Indexed keywords

ANAPHYLATOXIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5A; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; NEOPTERIN; OKT 3; PREDNISOLONE; SERUM AMYLOID A; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0029853397     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.1996.tb01687.x     Document Type: Article

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