Banff schema for grading liver allograft rejection: Utility in clinical practice

Liver Transplantation and Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 261-268

  Ormonde, D G ^a   De Boer, W B ^a   Kierath, A ^a   Bell, R ^a   Shilkin, K B ^a   House, A K ^a   Jeffrey, G P ^a   Reed, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; HYDROCORTISONE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0033065056     PISSN: 10743022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.500050418     Document Type: Article

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