Long-term survival despite early loss of graft function after single lung transplantation for pulmonary fibrosis

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 395-401

  Ouwens, J P ^a   Van Den Berg, J W K ^a   Van Der Bij, W ^a   De Boer, W J ^a   Koeter G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036125497     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(01)00344-8     Document Type: Article

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