Response to 'Tolerance versus immunosuppression: A perspective'

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1573-1574

  Sachs, D H ^a   Kawai, T ^a   Colvin, R B ^a   Fishman, J A ^a   Sykes, M ^a   Cosimi, A B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMERA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 48349098696     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02344.x     Document Type: Editorial

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