Reversible sirolimus-associated pneumonitis after heart transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-244

  Hamour, Iman M ^a   Mittal, Taurn K ^a   Bell, Alex D ^a   Banner, Nicholas R ^a  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; AZITHROMYCIN; BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; ENALAPRIL; PRAVASTATIN; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIROLIMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 31544443523     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.08.022     Document Type: Article

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