Diagnostic properties of transbronchial biopsy in lung transplant recipients who require mechanical ventilation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 267-275

  Burns, K E A ^a   Johnson, B A ^a   Iacono, A T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECIPIENT; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SURVIVAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037337385     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(02)00563-6     Document Type: Article

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