Article
Phenotypic characterisation of cellular infiltrates in endomyocardial biopsies of heart transplant recipients with diagnosed steroid resistant cellular rejection.
Annals of transplantation - 1 Jan 2003
Zakliczyński Michał, Zakliczyńska Helena, Klimczak Aleksandra, Nozyński Jerzy, Kozłowska Katarzyna, Trzcińska Iwona, Przybylski Roman, Wojarski Jacek, Durmała Jacek, Lange Andrzej, Zembala Marian
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Aim of this study was to find features characteristic for steroid resistant cellular rejection (SRR) of the transplanted heart, using phenotypic identification of cells creating infiltrates in endomyocardial biopsies (EMBs) obtained before and after high dose steroids treatment. METHODS: 146 heart transplant recipients, treated with cyclosporine-A, azathioprine and prednisone, were taken under...
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