Lymphocyte subset reconstitution in pediatric liver recipients induced with steroid-free rabbit anti-human thymocyte globulin

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 804-808

  Talukdar, Anjan ^b   Ashokkumar, Chethan ^b   Farrar, Jennifer ^b   Wilson, Patrick ^b   Janakiramanan, Arun ^b   Tregaskes, Mary ^b   Sindhi, Rakesh ^a,b  

^a Children's Hospital of Pgh and the University of Pittsburgh ^*  (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Liver transplantation; Lymphocyte depleting antibodies; Lymphocyte subsets; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; GANCICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARACETAMOL; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; RABBITS; STEROIDS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 53849133081     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00797.x     Document Type: Article

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