Prospective study of the value of transbronchial lung biopsy after lung transplantation

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 658-662

  Boehler, A ^a   Vogt, P ^a   Zollinger, A ^a   Weder, W ^a   Speich, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis obliterans; long transplantation; rejection; transbronchial biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ASPERGILLOSIS; BIOPSY; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; BRONCHITIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029994011     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09040658     Document Type: Article

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