Does the Banff rejection activity index predict outcome in patients with early acute cellular rejection following liver transplantation?

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1144-1151

  Höroldt, Barbara S ^a,b   Burattin, Marco ^a   Gunson, Bridget K ^a   Bramhall, Simon R ^a   Nightingale, Peter ^a   Hübscher, Stefan G ^a   Neuberger, James M ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; BILIRUBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745976789     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20779     Document Type: Article

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