Interstitial and vascular pancreas rejection in relation to graft survival

Transplant International

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 451-456

  Boonstra, Joke G ^a   Van Der Pijl, Johan W ^a   Smets, Yves F C ^a   Lemkes, Herman H P J ^a   Ringers, Jan ^a   Van Es, Leendert A ^a   Van Der Woude, Fokko J ^a,b   Bruijn, Jan A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biopsy, pancreas transplantation, rejection; Interstitial rejection, biopsy, pancreas; Pancreas transplantation, biopsy, rejection; Vascular rejection, biopsy, pancreas

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GLUCOSE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYLASES; BIOPSY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD VESSELS; CREATININE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0030735159     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001470050085     Document Type: Article

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