Mycophenolate mofetil for obliterative bronchiolitis syndrome after lung transplantation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 945-948

  Whyte, Richard I ^a   Rossi, Stephen J ^b   Mulligan, Michael S ^a   Florn, Ros ^a   Baker, Laurie ^a   Gupta, Soma ^b   Martinez, Fernando J ^b   Lynch III, Joseph P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0030724184     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00845-X     Document Type: Article

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