Raised endothelin content in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid during lung allograft rejection in pigs

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 301-304

  Aarnio, Pertti ^a,b   Ikonen, Tuija ^a   Fyhrquist, Frej ^a   Taskinen, Eero ^a   Harjula, Ari ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b SATAKUNTA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Endothelin; Lung transplant

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; ENDOTHELIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SWINE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELINS; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0031739155     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017439850139915     Document Type: Article

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