Heart transplantation for end-stage heart failure caused by iron overload

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 293-296

  Koerner, Michael M ^a   Tenderich, Gero ^a   Minami, Kazutomo ^a   Zu Knyphausen, Edzard ^a   Mannebach, Hermann ^a   Kleesiek, Knut ^a   Meyer, Hans ^a   Koerfer, Reiner ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diamond Blackfan syndrome; haemochromatosis; heart transplantation; immunosuppression; thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTISONE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEFEROXAMINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACKFAN DIAMOND ANEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 0030978864     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.482693.x     Document Type: Article

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