Use of tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil as induction and maintenance in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Ciancio, G ^a   Lo Monte, A ^b   Buscemi, G ^b   Miller, J ^a   Burke, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Induction therapy; Mycophenolate mofetil; Simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLADDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; STEROIDS; TACROLIMUS; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0012858708     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2000.tb02017.x     Document Type: Article

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