Didactic lessons from the serum lactate dehydrogenase posttransplant: A clinical vignette

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 862-865

  Boothpur, R ^a   Brennan, D C ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Infectious complications; Pneumonia; Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAPSONE; DOXORUBICIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHEMOGLOBIN; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; KIDNEY GRAFT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DAPSONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 40449114236     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02151.x     Document Type: Article

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