Acute rejection diagnosed with computed tomography in a porcine experimental lung transplantation model

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-32

  Ikonen, Tuija ^a   Kivisaari, Leena ^a   Taskinen, Eero ^a,b   Uusitalo, Matti ^a,b   Aarnio, Pertti ^a   Harjula, Ari L J ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute allograft rejection; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Computed tomography; Lung transplantation; Transbronchial biopsy

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOLOGY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VOLUME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 0030714079     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14017439709058065     Document Type: Article

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