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,...

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Главные авторы: Zweers, N, Petersen, A, van der Hoeven, J, de Haan, A, Ploeg, R, de Leij, L, Prop, J
Формат: Journal article
Язык:English
Опубликовано: 2004