Low incidence of malignancy after transplantation in Chinese heart allograft recipients

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-288

  Hsu, Ron Bin ^a   Chen, Robert J ^a   Chou, Nai Kuan ^a   Ko, Wen Je ^a   Wang, Shoei Shen ^a   Chu, Shu Hsun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese; Heart transplantation; Malignancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; RECIPIENT; SKIN CANCER; SOLID TUMOR; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHINA; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TUMOR;

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 20844436632     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2004.00029.x     Document Type: Article

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