Daily serum inflammatory cytokine (tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-6) monitoring in liver transplantation focusing on allograft rejection: a five-case report.
Kita
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Y
Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
Iwaki
Y
Y
Noguchi
K
K
Tzakis
A G
AG
Todo
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S
Fung
J J
JJ
Starzl
T E
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D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000032:analysis*
D015415:Biomarkers; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D015850:Interleukin-6; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha