Leukocyte suppression is associated with improved clinical outcomes in children's status after orthotopic heart transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-199

  Kim, Jeffrey J ^a   Dreyer, William J ^a   O'Brian Smith, E ^a   Price, Jack F ^a   Clunie, Sarah ^a   Dimas, V Vasiliki ^a   Jefferies, John L ^a   Rosenblatt, Howard ^a   Radovancevic, Branislav ^a   Towbin, Jeffrey A ^a   Denfield, Susan W ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 31544473105     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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