The influence of CTLA-4 gene polymorphism on liver transplant outcomes

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1552-1556

  Perkins, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GUANINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DONOR SELECTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOG RANK TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750124814     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20923     Document Type: Short Survey

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