Hypercalcemia related to immune reconstitution in organ transplant recipients with granulomatous opportunistic infections [1]

Transplantation

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 986-

  Singh, Nina ^a,b  

^a VA Healthcare VISN 4   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LETTER; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT;

GRANULOMA; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33749866383     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000238719.06748.c1     Document Type: Letter

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