Lymphocyte subset reconstitution patterns in children with small bowel transplantation induced with steroid-free rabbit anti-human thymocyte globulin

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 353-359

  Talukdar, Anjan J ^b   Ashokkumar, Chethan ^b   Wilson, Patrick ^b   Gupta, Ankit ^b   Sun, Qing ^b   Boig, Linda ^b   Abu Elmagd, Kareem ^b   Mazariegos, George ^b   Green, Michael ^b   Sindhi, Rakesh ^a,b  

^a Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh ^*  (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Infectious risk; Intestinal transplantation; Lymphocyte depletion; Pediatric; Rejection

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; INTESTINE, SMALL; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TACROLIMUS; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64149096043     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.01010.x     Document Type: Article

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