Gender and lung transplantation: Size matters, does sex?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 352-353

  Marshall, M Blair ^a,c   Kohman, Leslie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

10; 12

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CYCLOSPORIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; STEROID; TAMOXIFEN;

BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; DONOR; EDITORIAL; GENDER; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4444281701     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.05.014     Document Type: Editorial

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