Mortality after Pediatric Lung Transplantation: Autopsies vs. Clinical Impression

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 413-418

  Kaditis, Athanasios G ^a,b   Phadke, Shruti ^a   Dickman, Paul ^a,c,d   Webber, Steven ^a   Kurland, Geoffrey ^a   Michaels, Marian G ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsnovirus; Aspergillus; Bronchiolitis obliterans; Cytomegalovirus; Heart lung transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRONCHIOLITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2442521464     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20025     Document Type: Article

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