Immunopathological changes in the airways of stable lung transplant recipients

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 322-328

  Snell, Gregory I ^a   Ward, Christopher ^a   Wilson, John W ^a   Orsida, Bernadette ^a   Williams, Trevor J ^a   Walters, E Haydn ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allograft rejection; Bronchial biopsy; Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome; Lung transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030994394     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.4.322     Document Type: Article

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