Pancreas-specific protein (PASP), serum amyloid A (SAA), and neopterin (NEOP) in the diagnosis of rejection after simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-191

  Muller T F ^a   Trosch F ^a   Ebel, H ^a   Grussner R W G ^a   Feiber, H ^a   Goke B ^a   Greger, B ^a   Lange, H ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neopterin, pancreas transplantation; Pancreas transplantation, rejection parameters; Pancreas specific protein, pancreas transplantation; Rejection, pancreas transplantation; Serum amyloid A, pancreas transplantation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; NEOPTERIN; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; SERUM AMYLOID A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031002494     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001470050039     Document Type: Article

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