Tacrolimus therapy for refractory acute renal allograft rejection: Definition of the histologic response by protocol biopsies

Transplantation

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 906-910

  Woodle, E Steve ^a   Cronin, David ^a   Newell, Kenneth A ^a   Millis, J Michael ^a   Bruce, David S ^a   Piper, James B ^a   Haas, Mark ^a   Josephson, Michelle A ^a   Thistlethwaite, J Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BIOPSY; CREATININE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 0029804426     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199610150-00006     Document Type: Article

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