Total lymphoid irradiation for refractory acute rejection in heart-lung and lung allografts

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Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1184-1189

  Valentine, Vincent G ^a   Robbins, Robert C ^b   Wehner, John H ^b   Patel, Hiren R ^b   Berry, Gerald J ^c   Theodore, James ^b  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute lung rejection; immunosuppression; lung transplantation; radiotherapy; total lymphoid irradiation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0029865198     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.5.1184     Document Type: Article

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