Specific immune tolerance during pregnancy after renal transplantation

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 217-219

  Fischer, Thorsten ^a   Schobel, Hans ^a   Barenbrock, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

immune tolerance; immunosuppression; kidney transplantation; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030604213     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(95)02581-2     Document Type: Article

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