Nodular endocardial infiltrates (Quilty lesions) cause significant variability in diagnosis of ISHLT Grade 2 and 3A rejection in cardiac allograft recipients

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Marboe, Charles C ^a   Billingham, Margaret ^b   Eisen, Howard ^c   Deng, Mario C ^a   Baron, Helen ^a   Mehra, Mandeep ^d   Hunt, Sharon ^b   Wohlgemuth, Jay ^e   Mahmood, Irfan ^e   Prentice, James ^e   Berry, Gerald ^b  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e XDx   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CHILD; ENDOCARDIAL BIOPSY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REVIEW;

EID: 21544444728     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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