Proliferative alloresponse of T-cytotoxic cells identifies rejection-prone children with steroid-free liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 978-985

  Ashokkumar, Chethan ^a,b   Sun, Qing ^a,b   Gupta, Ankit ^a,b   Higgs, Brandon W ^a   Fazzolare, Tamara ^a   Remaley, Lisa ^a   Mazariegos, George ^a,b   Soltys, Kyle ^a,b   Bond, Geoffrey ^a,b   Sindhi, Rakesh ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE SUCCINIMIDYL ESTER; CD40 LIGAND; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ALLOIMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 69949089076     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21775     Document Type: Article

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