Thymoglobulin Administered Early After Heart Transplantation Reduces Early Myocardial Hypertrophy Assessed by Morphometric Studies

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2825-2832

  Nozynski, J ^a   Zakliczynski, M ^a   Zembala Nozynska, E ^a   Konecka Mrowka, D ^a   Nikiel, B ^b   Lange, D ^b   Przybylski, R ^a   Zembala, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; QUANTIMET COLOR OPTION; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MYOCARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 36048957933     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.08.073     Document Type: Article

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