Blood transfusions decrease the incidence of acute rejection in cardiac allograft recipients

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Fernández, Félix G ^a   Jaramillo, Andres ^a   Ewald, Greg ^a   Rogers, Joseph ^a   Pasque, Michael K ^a   Mohanakumar, T ^a   Moazami, Nader ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PREDNISONE; PSORALEN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; RECIPIENT; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 21544461535     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2004.07.009     Document Type: Article

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