Potential Applications of Extracorporeal Photopheresis in Liver Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1175-1178

  Urbani, L ^a   Mazzoni, A ^a   Colombatto, P ^a   Biancofiore, G ^a   Bindi, L ^a   Tascini, C ^a   Menichetti, F ^a   Brunetto, M ^a   Scatena, F ^a   Filipponi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN; INTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER SUPPORT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MONOTHERAPY; PERIPHERAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUVA; VASCULAR ACCESS;

CALCINEURIN; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PHOTOPHERESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44849092964     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.03.071     Document Type: Article

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