Immunohistochemistry Staining of C4d to Diagnose Antibody-mediated Rejection in Cardiac Transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 372-379

  Fedson, Savitri E ^a   Daniel, Silver S ^a   Husain, Aliya N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBODY MEDIATED REJECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD STAIN; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAINING;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; COMPLEMENT C4B; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 40949087175     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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