Browsing by Subject "Immunology; Surgery; Transplantation"

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    • Cytomegalovirus infections in cardiac transplant patients: An experience at a clinical hospital, University ... 
      Sepúlveda Morales, Luis; Llancaqueo Valeri, Marcelo; Zamorano, J.; Bermúdez, C.; Cortés, C. (2007)
      Background. Since cytomegalovirus (CMV) infects between 20% and 50% of heart transplant patients, we reviewed our experience in 7 cases of this infection. Methods. A prospective analysis of CMV infection was performed in ...
    • First case of simultaneous heart plus kidney transplantation in Chile: Case report 
      Sepúlveda Morales, Luis; Zamorano, J.; Cotera, A.; Núñez, N.; Llancaqueo Valeri, Marcelo; Bermúdez, C.; Castillo, R.; González, M.; Alvarez, F. (Elsevier, 2007)
      Advanced renal disease is a formal contraindication to heart transplantation, and heart failure may make a patient ineligible for kidney transplantation. The International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation has ...
    • Generation of dendritic cells with regulatory properties 
      Ureta, G.; Osorio, F.; Morales Peña, José; Rosemblatt Silber, Mario César; Bono Merino, María Rosa; Fierro, J. A. (2007)
      Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen presenting cells with the ability to induce and regulate an immune response. DCs that capture and present antigen under noninflammatory conditions maintain an immature phenotype ...
    • Oral ulcers produced by mycophenolate mofetil in two liver transplant patients 
      Naranjo, J.; Poniachik Teller, Jaime; Cisco, D.; Contreras Levicoy, Juan; Oksenberg Reisberg, Dan; Valera M., José Miguel; Díaz Jeraldo, Juan; Rojas, J.; Cardemil Herrera, Gonzalo; Mena, S.; Castillo, J.; Rencoret, Guillermo; Godoy, J.; Escobar Delgado, Jaime; Rodríguez, J.; Leyton, Patricio; Fica Cubillos, Alberto; Toledo, C. (2007)
      Oral ulcers are a frequent problem in transplant medicine. It is important to consider infectious etiologies, exacerbated by the immunosuppressive treatment, but other etiologies are also possible, like adverse drug ...