Use of basiliximab in pediatric liver transplantation for langerhans cell histiocytosis

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-251

  Rajwal, S R ^a   Stringer, M D ^a   Davison, S M ^a   Gerrard, M ^b   Glaser, A ^a   Tanner, M S ^b   McClean, Patricia ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Basiliximab; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BASILIXIMAB; CLADRIBINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VINBLASTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 0037642134     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.2003.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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