Early Screening for Antibody-mediated Rejection in Heart Transplant Recipients

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1264-1269

  Kfoury, Abdallah G ^a,d   Hammond, M Elizabeth H ^a,b,c,d   Snow, Gregory L ^a   Stehlik, Josef ^c,d   Reid, Bruce B ^a,d   Long, James W ^a,d   Gilbert, Edward M ^b,d   Bader, Feras M ^b,d   Bull, David A ^b,d   Renlund, Dale G ^a,b,d  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Utah Transplantation Affiliated Hospitals (UTAH) Cardiac Transplant Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; OKT 3;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTIBODY DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY; ANTIBODY MEDIATED REJECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MUROMONAB-CD3; MYOCARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 37149019947     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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