Acute vascular humoral rejection in a sensitized cardiac graft recipient: Diagnostic value of C4d immunofluorescence

Human Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 385-388

  Van Huyen, Jean Paul Duong ^b   Fornes, Paul ^b   Guillemain, Romain ^b   Amrein, Catherine ^b   Chevalier, Patrick ^b   Latremouille, Christian ^b   Creput, Caroline ^b   Glotz, Denis ^b   Nochy, Dominique ^b   Bruneval, Patrick ^a  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

C4d; Cardiac transplantation; Endomyocardial biopsy; Humoral rejection

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; CYCLOSPORIN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTERIOLE; ARTERITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYMPTOM; VENULE;

EID: 12144290414     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2003.10.016     Document Type: Article

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