Role and significance of plasma citrulline in the early phase after small bowel transplantation in pigs

Transplant International

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 425-431

  Nadalin, Silvio ^a   Biglarnia, Ali Reza ^a,b   Testa, Giuliano ^c   Koppara, Tobias R ^a   Schaffer, Randolph ^a   Johnson, Cecilia ^b   Toetsch, Martin ^a   Broelsch, Christoph E ^a   Malagó, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ischemia reperfusion injury; Marker; Rejection; Small bowel; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CITRULLINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SWINE; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CITRULLINE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REPERFUSION INJURY; SWINE;

EID: 34047222987     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2007.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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