Assessing the Risk of Infection and Rejection in Hispanic Renal Transplant Recipients by Means of an Adenosine Triphosphate Release Assay

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 918-920

  Cadillo Chavez R ^a,b   de Echegaray, Sally ^a,b   Santiago Delpin E A ^a,b   Rodriguez Trinidad A T ^a,b   Camacho Carrazo, B ^a,b   Alfaro, T ^a,b   Saavedra Pozo, M ^a,b   Carrasquillo, L ^a,b   Gonzalez Caraballo Z A ^a,b   Morales Otero, L A ^a,b  

^a Auxilio Mutuo Hospital   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS; ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGITIS; PERITONEUM ABSCESS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENT T TEST; BLOOD; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HISPANIC; INFECTION; METABOLISM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUERTO RICO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PUERTO RICO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33746865975     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.02.051     Document Type: Article

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