The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 24, Issue 11 , Pages 1710-1720 , November 2005

Revision of the 1990 Working Formulation for the Standardization of Nomenclature in the Diagnosis of Heart Rejection

Received 16 March 2005 ,Revised 16 March 2005 ,Accepted 30 March 2005.

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PII: S1053-2498(05)00203-2

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.03.019

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 24, Issue 11 , Pages 1710-1720 , November 2005

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