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Journal of Transplantation
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 928081, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/928081
Clinical Study

Low CD4/CD8 Ratio in Bronchus-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Is Associated with Lung Allograft Rejection

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA

Received 2 April 2012; Revised 18 June 2012; Accepted 27 June 2012

Academic Editor: Kazuhiko Yamada

Copyright © 2012 K. V. Shenoy et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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