Serodiagnosis and Monitoring of Aspergillus Infections after Lung Transplantation

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 197-201

  Tomee, J F Chris ^a   Mannes, Gregor P M ^a,b   Van Der Bij, Wim ^a   Van Der Werf, Tjip S ^a   De Boer, Wim J ^a   Koëter, Gerard H ^a   Kauffman, Henk F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG MYCOSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030216067     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-125-3-199608010-00006     Document Type: Article

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