Influence of age, sex, and hepatitis C virus infection on peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets in stable kidney transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2905-2907

  Esteban De La Rosa, R J ^a   Bravo Soto, J A ^a   Luna Del Castillo, J D ^a   Morales, S C ^a   Olivares, E G ^a   Ortega, A O ^a   Peinado, C A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CD16 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLOIMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0346500940     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2003.10.069     Document Type: Article

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