Screening for rejection in symptomatic pediatric heart transplant recipients: The sensitivity of BNP

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 563-569

  Geiger, Miwa ^a   Harake, Danielle ^a   Halnon, Nancy ^a   Alejos, Juan Carlos ^a   Levi, Daniel S ^a  

^a MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Brain natriuretic peptide; Pediatric heart transplant; Rejection

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMERGENCY CARE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BIOPSY; BLOOD; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART DISEASE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEDIATRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 55949136572     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00860.x     Document Type: Article

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