Endothelitis in cardiac allograft biopsy specimens: Possible relationship to antibody-mediated rejection

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 435-444

  Tavora, Fabio ^a   Munivenkatappa, Raghava ^b   Papadimitriou, John ^b   Drachenberg, Cinthia ^b   Sailey, Charles ^b   Mehra, Mandeep ^b   Burke, Allen ^b  

^a Messejana Heart and Lung Hospital   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

antibody mediated rejection; complement; endothelitis; heart transplantation; vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY MEDIATED REJECTION; ARTERITIS; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY WALL; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWELLING; T LYMPHOCYTE; VASCULITIS; VENULE;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 79952769607     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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