Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome

Transplantation

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 562-563

  Wullstein, C ^a,b   Woeste, G ^a   Zapletal, C ^a   Dette, K ^a   Bechstein, W O ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COUMARIN; GANCICLOVIR; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SINUSITIS;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0037468504     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000046531.72372.48     Document Type: Article

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