Retransplantation of the lung comes of age

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 226-228

  Keshavjee, Shaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ETHICS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; REOPERATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746189613     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.04.005     Document Type: Editorial

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