Thymus transplantation

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 236-246

  Markert, M Louise ^a   Devlin, Blythe H ^a   McCarthy, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

22q11.2; Athymia; DiGeorge; Thymus transplantation

Indexed keywords

CD45RA ANTIGEN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; L SELECTIN; PARACETAMOL; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CELL MATURATION; CHROMOSOME 22Q; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS TRANSPLANTATION; THYROID DISEASE; TISSUE CULTURE;

CELL COUNT; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950627077     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: 15217035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2010.02.007     Document Type: Review

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