Fear of rejection - Monitoring the heart-transplant recipient

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1932-1933

  Jarcho, John A ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; EDITORIAL; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MONITORING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 77952595757     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1004355     Document Type: Editorial

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