Hepatic veno-occlusive disease due to tacrolimus in a single-lung transplant patient

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1066-1068

  Shah, S ^a   Budev, M ^a   Blazey, H ^a   Fairbanks, K ^a   Mehta, A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung transplantation; Tacrolimus; Veno occlusive disease

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; DAPSONE; FUROSEMIDE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PENTAMIDINE; PREDNISONE; SPIRONOLACTONE; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PARACENTESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEROLOGY; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; VIRUS INFECTION;

FEMALE; HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 33845486284     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00048505     Document Type: Article

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