Utility of biochemical markers in the follow-up of heart transplant recipients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3075-3078

  Balduini, A ^a   Campana, C ^a   Ceresa, M ^a   Arbustini, E ^a   Bosoni, T ^a   Serio, A ^a   Tinelli, C ^a   Vigano M ^a   Melzi D'Eril, G L ^b   Tavazzi, L ^a   Moratti, R ^a   Merlini, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE KINASE MB; CYCLOSPORIN; MYOGLOBIN; SERUM AMYLOID A; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PERIPHERAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0347131305     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2003.10.044     Document Type: Article

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