The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 24, Issue 9 , Pages 1202-1210 , September 2005

C4d Deposition in Cardiac Allografts Correlates With Alloantibody

  • Rex Neal Smith, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Rex Neal Smith, MD, Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 501D Warren Building, Boston, MA 02114-2696. Telephone: 617-726-1835. Fax: 617-726-2365.
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  • Nicole Brousaides, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Luanda Grazette, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Susan Saidman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Marc Semigran, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Thomas Disalvo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Joren Madsen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • G. William Dec, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Antonio R. Perez-Atayde, MD

      Affiliations

    • Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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  • A. Bernard Collins, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Received 26 March 2004 ,Revised 16 June 2004 ,Accepted 4 July 2004.

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PII: S1053-2498(04)00410-3

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2004.07.021

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 24, Issue 9 , Pages 1202-1210 , September 2005

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