The eurotransplant study on twin lung transplants (esotwin): 90 Paired single-lung transplants from the same donor

Transplantation

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1604-1608

  Smits, Jacqueline M A ^a   Melman, Sonja ^a   Mertens, Bart J A ^b   Laufer, Gunther ^c   Persijn, Guido G ^a   Van Raemdonck, Dirk ^d  

^a EUROTRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN PRESERVATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346847770     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000092312.54304.B0     Document Type: Article

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