Conservative management of late rejection after heart transplantation: A 10-year analysis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 395-401

  Doty, John R ^a   Walinsky, Peter L ^a   Salazar, Jorge D ^a   Alejo, Diane E ^a   Greene, Peter S ^a   Baumgartner, William A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OKT 3;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032470645     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199809000-00012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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