Hypereosinophilia in an islet transplant recipient [3]

Transplantation

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 853-854

  Poggioli, Raffaella ^a   Froud, Tatiana ^a   Baidal, David A ^a   Ferreira, Jacqueline V ^a   Hafiz, Muhammad M ^a   Ricordi, Camillo ^a   Gleich, Gerald J ^b   Alejandro, Rodolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DACLIZUMAB; IMATINIB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 5; METRONIDAZOLE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; DIARRHEA; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; SCALP; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 17444388032     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200504150-00019     Document Type: Letter

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