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Association of genetic polymorphisms and risk of late post-transplantation infection in pediatric heart recipients.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation - 1 Dec 2010
Ohmann Erin L, Brooks Maria M, Webber Steven A, Girnita Diana M, Ferrell Robert E, Burckart Gilbert J, Chinnock Richard, Canter Charles, Addonizio Linda, Bernstein Daniel, Kirklin James K, Naftel David C, Zeevi Adriana
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Late infections are common causes of morbidity and mortality after pediatric heart transplantation. In this multicenter study from 6 centers, we investigated the association between genetic polymorphisms (GPs) in immune response genes and late post-transplantation infections in 524 pa...
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