Renal duplex ultrasonography in the diagnosis and follow-up of a case of accelerated transplant rejection treated with OKT3

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 699-702

  Salgado, Octavio ^a,c   García, Rafael ^b   Henríquez, Carlos ^b   Rodríguez Iturbe, Bernardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MARACAIBO   (Venezuela)

^c NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; DOPPLER EFFECT; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; PATIENT TREATMENT; TRANSPLANTS;

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; RENAL ALLOGRAFT DYSFUNCTION;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

OKT 3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

EID: 0031260534     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1997.16.10.699     Document Type: Article

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