Hepatic parenchymal changes and histologic eosinophilia as predictors of subsequent acute liver allograft rejection

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 214-219

  Demirhan, Beyhan ^a   Bilezikçi, Banu ^a   Haberal, A Nihan ^a   Sevmiş, Şinasi ^a   Arat, Zübeyde ^a   Haberal, Mehmet ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CD3; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG RESPONSE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NECROSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39449121340     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21360     Document Type: Article

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