Chimerism and liver transplant tolerance

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 478-480

  Mineo, Davide ^a,b   Ricordi, Camillo ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHIMERA; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD;

EID: 48449094622     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.06.021     Document Type: Article

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