Tacrolimus (FK506) is superior to cyclosporine in liver transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 534-538

  Busuttil, R W ^a,b   Holt, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; OKT 3; TACROLIMUS;

APHASIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG COST; DRUG POTENCY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROTOXICITY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; CYCLOSPORINE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MULTICENTER STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TACROLIMUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030905491     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-1345(96)00630-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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