Minimal acute rejection in pediatric lung transplantation - Does it matter?

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 534-539

  Benden, Christian ^a   Faro, Albert ^b   Worley, Sarah ^c   Arrigain, Susana ^c   Aurora, Paul ^d   Ballmann, Manfred ^e   Boyer, Debra ^f   Conrad, Carol ^g   Eichler, Irmgard ^h   Elidemir, Okan ⁱ   Goldfarb, Samuel ^j   Mallory, George B ⁱ   Mogayzel, Peter J ^k   Parakininkas, Daiva ^l   Solomon, Melinda ^m   Visner, Gary ^f   Sweet, Stuart C ^b   Danziger Isakov, Lara A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

ⁱ TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^k DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^l MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^m HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Acute allograft rejection; Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome; Children; Lung transplantation; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; GRAFT REJECTION; INFANT; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952261287     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2009.01268.x     Document Type: Article

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