Defining the outcome of immunosuppression withdrawal after liver transplantation

Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 926-933

  Devlin, John ^a   Doherty, Derek ^a   Wong, Terence ^a   Donaldson, Peter ^a   Portmann, Bernard ^a   Williams, Roger ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OKT 3; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031899420     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510270406     Document Type: Article

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