Posttransplant bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome: Where have we been and where are we going?

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 857-859

  Dauber, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; OKT 3; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

BRONCHIOLITIS; CYTOLYSIS; EDITORIAL; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 0029913603     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.4.857-a     Document Type: Editorial

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