Tracheal allograft after withdrawal of immunosuppressive therapy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1568-1570

  Delaere, Pierre R ^a   Vranckx, Jan J ^a   Hondt, Margot Den ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; TACROLIMUS;

ALLOGRAFT; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPOSITE GRAFT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEA SURGERY; TRACHEAL ALLOGRAFT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WOUND CONTRACTION;

ALLOGRAFTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRACHEA; TRACHEAL NEOPLASMS; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY;

EID: 84898664393     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1315273     Document Type: Letter

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