Determinants of chronic renal allograft rejection in cyclosporine-treated recipients

Transplantation

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1235-1241

  Flechner, Stuart M ^a   Modlin, Charles S ^a   Serrano, Dennis P ^a   Goldfarb, David A ^a   Papajcik, Doreen ^a   Mastroianni, Barbara ^a   Goormastic, Marlene ^a   Novick, Andrew C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; HLA ANTIGEN; LYMPHOBLAST ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OKT 3; PREDNISONE; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

AGE; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYCLOSPORINE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0030446543     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199611150-00009     Document Type: Article

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