Gastrointestinal Complications in Heart Transplant Patients: MITOS Study

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2397-2400

  DIaz B ^a   Gonzalez Vilchez F ^b   Almenar, L ^c   Delgado, J F ^d   Manito, N ^e   Paniagua, M J ^f   Crespo, M G ^f   Kaplinsky, E ^g   Pascual, D A ^h   Fernandez Yanez J ⁱ   Mirabet, S ^g   Palomo, J ⁱ  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL SANT PAU   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPEPSIA; ENTERIC COATED TABLET; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL RATE; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548679618     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.07.061     Document Type: Article

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