Heart transplant biopsies: Interpretation and significance

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-20

  Nair, V ^a,b,c   Butany, Jagdish ^a,b  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; GOLD STANDARD; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART GRAFT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MONITORING; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION;

ARTIFACTS; BIOPSY; ENDOCARDIUM; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 74049160459     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2009.072462     Document Type: Review

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