Cytolytic therapy for the bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome complicating lung transplantation

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 874-878

  Snell, Gregory Ian ^a   Esmore, Donald Steven ^a   Williams, Trevor John ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

bronchiolitis obliterans; cytolytic therapy; lung transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CD3 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OKT 3; PREDNISOLONE; PROMETHAZINE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029976315     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.4.874     Document Type: Article

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