Prevalence of cryoglobulinemia and autoimmune markers in liver transplant patients

Experimental and Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 184-189

  Garrouste, Cyril ^a   Kamar, Nassim ^a,b   Boulestin, Anne ^a   Esposito, Laure ^a   Lavayssière, Laurence ^a   Durand, Dominique ^a   Blancher, Antoine ^a   Rostaing, Lionel ^a,b  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Anticytoplasmic neutrophil; Cyclosporin; Hepatitis C virus; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLASSIFICATION; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNITY; CREATININE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149299696     PISSN: 13040855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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