Tracheal allotransplantation after withdrawal of immunosuppressive therapy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-145

  Delaere, Pierre ^a   Vranckx, Jan ^a   Verleden, Geert ^a   De Leyn, Paul ^a   Van Raemdonck, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; CHEEK MUCOSA; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVASCULARIZATION; TRACHEA ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRACHEA LESION; TRACHEA SURGERY; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 74249083196     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0810653     Document Type: Article

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