Chagas' disease and solid organ transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3354-3359

  Altclas, Javier ^a   Arselán, Sergio ^b   Barcán, Laura ^c   Diez, Mirta ^d   Gadano, Adrian ^c   Jacob, Néstor ^e   Maiolo, Elena ^f   Nagel, Claudia ^d   Riarte, Adelina ^g   Rodriguez, Viviana ^h   Schiavelli, Ruben ^f   Schijman, Alejandro G ⁱ   Vigliano, Carlos ^d   Lattes, Roberta ^j  

^a Sanatorio de la Trinidad   (Argentina)

^b Infectious Diseases Section   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN FAVALORO   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^f HOSPITAL GENERAL DE AGUDOS DR COSME ARGERICH   (Argentina)

^g Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico e Investigacion de la Enfermedad de Chagas Dr Mario Fatala Chaben   (Argentina)

^h HOSPITAL ALEMÁN   (Argentina)

ⁱ LabMECh   (Argentina)

^j Instituto de Nefrologia Buenos Aires ar   (Argentina)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NIFURTIMOX;

AMASTIGOTE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CADAVER DONOR; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DONOR SELECTION; DRUG MONITORING; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MYOCARDITIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANNICULITIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78649473209     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.09.019     Document Type: Article

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