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New lung transplants research has been reported by scientists at University of Maryland

Published in Cardiovascular Week, May 25th, 2009

According to recent research from the United States, "The diagnostic role of immunohistochemical staining for T lymphocytes in grading, acute airway rejection has not been fully explored. We examined 136 transbronchial biopsies from 52 lung transplant patients and 9 nontransplant controls."

"Transplant rejection was based on histologic assessment of perivascular (A) and bronchiolar (B) infiltrates. The clinical indication for the 136 allograft biopsies was routine surveillance (n = 72), decreased pulmonary Function, rule Out rejection (it = 36), Suspect infection (n = 16), rule out obliterative bronchiolitis (n = 6), and persistent postoperative graft failure (n = 6). T...

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Source: Cardiovascular Week (2009-05-25)

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