Treatment of cyclosporin-induced gingival hyperplasia with azithromycin

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2694-2697

  Gomez E ^a   Sanchez Nunez M ^a   Sanchez J E ^a   Corte, C ^a   Aguado, S ^a   Portal, C ^a   Baltar, J ^a   Alvarez Grande, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Cyclosporin; Gingival hyperplasia; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MACROLIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030690141     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/12.12.2694     Document Type: Article

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