Fatal transfer of malignant melanoma from multiorgan donor to four allograft recipients

Transplantation

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 232-236

  Stephens, Janet K ^a   Everson, Gregory T ^a   Elliott, Christie L ^a   Kam, Igal ^a   Wachs, Michael ^a   Haney, Jerry ^a   Bartlett, Stephen T ^b   Franklin, Wilbur A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MELANOMA; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034661608     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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