Association between HLA-G expression and C4d staining in cardiac transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 480-481

  Sheshgiri, Rohit ^a   Rao, Vivek ^a   Mociornita, Amelia ^a   Ross, Heather J ^a   Delgado, Delgado H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; CYCLOSPORIN; EVEROLIMUS; HLA G ANTIGEN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; STAINING;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; COMPLEMENT C4B; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649128016     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181ca88d5     Document Type: Letter

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