Steroid withdrawal in kidney transplant recipients: Is it a safe option?

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 5 II, 1997, Pages 500-504

  Sanfey, H ^a   Haussman, G ^a   Isaacs, I ^a   Ishitani, M ^a   Lobo, P ^a   McCullough, C ^a   Pruett, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Kidney transplantation; Steroid withdrawal

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AZATHIOPRINE; BIOPSY; CADAVER; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; REOPERATION; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0030856251     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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