Growth hormone and markers of immune function in children with renal transplants

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 473-475

  Maxwell, H ^a,c   Amlot, P ^b   Rees, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth; Lymphocyte subsets; Recombinant human growth hormone; Renal transplantation; T cell activation markers

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MARKER; PREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0034027559     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004670050795     Document Type: Article

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