The course of neurofibromatosis type 1 on immunosuppression after lung transplantation: Report of 2 cases

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 774-776

  Merlo, Christian A ^a,c   Studer, Sean M ^a   Conte, John V ^a   Yang, Stephen C ^a   Sonnett, Joshua ^b   Orens, Jonathan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SARCOMA; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; SARCOMA;

EID: 2642555325     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(03)00265-1     Document Type: Article

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