A longitudinal study of the course of asymptomatic antibody-mediated rejection in heart transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-51

  Kfoury, Abdallah G ^a,b,e   Snow, Gregory L ^a   Budge, Deborah ^a,e   Alharethi, Rami A ^a,e   Stehlik, Josef ^b,c,e   Everitt, Melanie D ^d,e   Miller, Dylan V ^a,e   Drakos, Stavros G ^a,b,e   Reid, Bruce B ^a,e   Revelo, M Patricia ^b,e   Gilbert, Edward M ^b,e   Selzman, Craig H ^b,e   Bader, Feras M ^b,e   Connelly, Jennifer J ^a,e   Hammond, M Elizabeth H ^a,b,c,e  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Utah Transplantation Affiliated Hospitals UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

antibody mediated rejection; asymptomatic; course; heart; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY MEDIATED REJECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART GRAFT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83455179313     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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