Donor brain death aggravates chronic rejection after lung transplantation in rats.

BACKGROUND: Many recipients of lung transplants from brain-dead donors develop bronchiolitis obliterans, a manifestation of chronic rejection. It has been shown that brain death increases inflammatory mediators and accelerates acute rejection in kidney, liver, and heart transplants. In this study,...

Descripció completa

Dades bibliogràfiques
Autors principals: Zweers, N, Petersen, A, van der Hoeven, J, de Haan, A, Ploeg, R, de Leij, L, Prop, J
Format: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicat: 2004