Humoral Rejection in Pediatric Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 114-119

  Casarez, Tim W ^a   Perens, Gregory ^a   Williams, Ryan J ^a   Kutay, Erin ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^b   Reed, Elaine F ^b   Alejos, Juan C ^a   Levi, Daniel S ^a  

^a MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANTIBODY FORMATION; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846343209     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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