"Immuknow" to measurement of cell-mediated immunity in renal transplant recipients undergoing short-term evaluation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1013-1016

  De Paolis, P ^a   Favaro A ^a   Piola, A ^a   Martini, F ^a   Cristiana, G ^a   Agrati, C ^a   Iappelli, M ^a   Di Giulio, S ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ASSAY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ITALY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, IMMUNOLOGIC; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STEROIDS; TACROLIMUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 79957626523     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.02.043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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