Primary Graft Failure: Who Is at Risk?

Chest

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1190-1192

  Levine, Stephanie M ^a   Angel, Luis F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ALLOGRAFT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FEMININITY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0142042378     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.4.1190     Document Type: Editorial

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