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Immune function, as assessed by the ImmuKnow® assay, correlates with clinical outcomes in transplant recipients

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boxed-textKowalski RJ et al. (2006) Assessing relative risks of infection and rejection: a meta-analysis using an immune function assay. Transplantation 82: 663–668

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  1. Division of Nephrology, Federal University of São Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 740, 04023–900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil apacheco@nefro.epm.br

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  1. A Pacheco-Silva is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at the Hospital do Rim e Hipertensão, Federal University of São Paulo, and Medical Director of the Kidney Transplantation program at the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.,

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Pacheco-Silva, A. Immune function, as assessed by the ImmuKnow® assay, correlates with clinical outcomes in transplant recipients. Nat Rev Nephrol 3, 196–197 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0419

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