C4D Immunostaining in Surveillance Endomyocardial Biopsies From Well-Functioning Heart Allografts

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1793-1796

  Arias, L F ^a   Fernandez R ^b   Fernandez D ^b   Jaramillo, J C ^b   Gil, M ^a   Lopez Garcia Asenjo J A ^c  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Colombia)

^b Clinica Cardiovascular Santa Maria   (Colombia)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY WALL; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CAPILLARIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENT C4B; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953664496     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.12.060     Document Type: Article

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