Immune function, as assessed by the ImmuKnow® assay, correlates with clinical outcomes in transplant recipients

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 196-197

  Pacheco Silva, Alvaro ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 33947646905     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0419     Document Type: Note

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