Reversal of acute cellular rejection after renal transplantation with Campath-1H

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 923-926

  Basu, A ^a   Ramkumar, M ^a   Tan, H P ^a   Khan, A ^a   McCauley, J ^a   Marcos, A ^a   Fung, J J ^a   Starzl, T E ^a   Shapiro, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; ANTIBODY; CREATININE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FAMOTIDINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARACETAMOL; RAPAMYCIN; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ANEMIA; BLOOD TOXICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE SYNDROME; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 17844363736     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.12.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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