Donor type microchimerism is an infrequent event following liver transplantation and is not associated with graft acceptance

Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 848-852

  Norris, Suzanne ^a   Lawler, Mark ^b   Mccann, Shaun ^b   Hegarty, John ^a   O'Farrelly, Cliona ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DNA; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0030880639     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510260407     Document Type: Article

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