Treatment of acute rejection in live related renal allograft recipients: A comparison of three different protocols

Nephron

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 186-189

  Mittal, R ^a   Agarwal, S K ^a   Dash, S C ^a   Saxena, S ^a   Tiwari, S C ^a   Mehta, S N ^b   Bhuyan, U N ^c   Mehra, N K ^d  

^a Departments of Nephrology   (India)

^b Departments of Surgery   (India)

^c Departments of Pathology   (India)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Renal transplant; Steroid treatment

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0030767185     PISSN: 16608151     EISSN: 22353186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000190271     Document Type: Article

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