Eosinophilic infiltration immediately following transplantation: Recurrent hypersensitivity reaction?

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 297-299

  Di Gioia, Cira R T ^a   D'Amati, Giulia ^a   Grillo, Placido ^a   Laurenti, Anna ^a   Gallo, Pietro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EOSINOPHILIA; HEART DILATATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; RECURRENCE; TICLOPIDINE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0032866770     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(99)00018-6     Document Type: Article

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