Serum HGF levels in acute renal rejection after living related renal transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-154

  Takada, Shingo ^a   Namiki, Mikio ^a   Takahara, Shiro ^a   Matsumiya, Kiyomi ^a   Kondoh, Nobuyuki ^a   Kokado, Yukito ^a   Matsumoto, Kunio ^a   Nakamura, Toshikazu ^a   Okuyama, Akihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation, hepatocyte growth factor; Rejection, kidney transplantation, hepatocyte growth factor Hepatocyte growth factor, rejection, kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; NITROGEN; SCATTER FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030020646     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00336393     Document Type: Article

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