Usefulness of B-type natriuretic peptide as a noninvasive screening tool for cardiac allograft pathology in pediatric heart transplant recipients

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1368-1370

  Claudius, Ilene ^a   Lan, Yueh Tze ^b   Chang, Ruey Kang ^b   Wetzel, Glenn T ^b   Alejos, Juan ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0242488080     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.08.035     Document Type: Article

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