Is blood eosinophilia an effective predictor of acute rejection in living donor liver transplantation?

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1147-1151

  Kishi, Yoji ^a   Sugawara, Yasuhiko ^a   Tamura, Sumihito ^a   Kaneko, Junichi ^a   Akamatsu, Nobuhisa ^a   Togashi, Junichi ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute cellular rejection; Eosinophilia; Liver transplantation; Steroid

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28444485014     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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