Dose-related reversal of acute lung rejection by aerosolized cyclosporine

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1690-1698

  Iacono, Aldo T ^b   Smaldone, Gerald C ^a   Keenan, Robert J ^b   Diot, Patrice ^b   Dauber, James H ^b   Zeevi, Adriana ^b   Burckart, Gilbert J ^b   Griffith, Bartley P ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030955946     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.5.9154878     Document Type: Article

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