Vascular endothelial growth factor gene polymorphisms are associated with acute renal allograft rejection

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 260-264

  Shahbazi, M ^a   Fryer, A A ^a   Pravica, V ^a   Brogan, I J ^a   Ramsay, H M ^a   Hutchinson, I V ^a   Harden, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; MITOGENIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0036138599     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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