Quantification of cell proliferation in the inflammatory infiltrate of endomyocardial biopsies after cardiac transplantation. An aid in diagnosis of severe acute rejection?;Quantifizierung der Zellproliferation mittels des Proliferationsmarkers MIB-1 in endomyokardialen Biopsien nach Herz-transplantation. Eine Hilfe bei der Diagnostik der therapiebedurftigen Abstossungsreaktion?

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 613-621

  Gerbaulet, S ^a   Sigmund, M ^a   Hauptmann, S ^a   Janssens, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heart transplantation; Ki 67; Myocardial rejection; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART GRAFT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MONONUCLEAR CELL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL DIVISION; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 0031694189     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003920050220     Document Type: Article

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