The value of plasma citrulline to predict mucosal injury in intestinal allografts

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2786-2790

  Gondolesi, G ^a   Ghirardo, S ^a   Raymond, K ^a   Hoppenhauer, L ^a   Surillo, D ^a   Rumbo, C ^a   Fishbein, T ^b   Sansaricq, C ^a   Sauter, B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrulline; Intestine; Ischemia; Rejection; Transplant; Virus

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CITRULLINE; FLUCONAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; SULTAMICILLIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VIVONEX;

ADENOVIRUS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CALICIVIRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE GRAFT; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPERFUSION INJURY; ROTAVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS CULTURE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CITRULLINE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33750012587     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01513.x     Document Type: Article

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