Microchimerism and Renal Transplantation: Doubt Still Persists

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 948-950

  Saraji, A ^a   Pourmand, G ^a   Mehrsai, A ^a   Taherimahmodi, M ^a   Nikoobakht, M ^a   Asadpour, A ^a   Nikbin, B ^b   Tajik, N ^c   Emamzadeh, A ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CADAVER DONOR; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MICROCHIMERISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA;

EID: 34248517213     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.03.082     Document Type: Article

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