Role of C3d and C4d complement fragments in the diagnostics of acute allograft rejection after transplantations

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 61-70

  Gierej, Beata ^a   Górnicka, Barbara ^a   Wasiutyński, Aleksander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

C3d complement fragment; C4d complement fragment; Humoral allograft rejection

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INTESTINE GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW;

COMPLEMENT C3D; COMPLEMENT C4B; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

EID: 74949102582     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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