Significance of early bronchoscopic airway abnormalities after lung transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 583-586

  Kelly, William F ^a,d   Sanghani, Swati ^b   Barnett, Scott D ^c   Burton, Nelson ^b   Nathan, Steven ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECIPIENT;

EID: 0037991407     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(02)00572-7     Document Type: Article

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