Effects of deflazacort immunosuppression on long-term growth and growth factors after renal transplantation

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 322-324

  Ferraris, Jorge R ^a,c   Pennisi, Patricia ^b   Pasqualini, Titania ^a   Jasper, Hector ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Deflazacort; Growth; Insulin like growth factor binding proteins; Insulin like growth factor I; Renal failure; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DEFLAZACORT; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MEPREDNISONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GROWTH; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEINS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREGNENEDIONES; SOMATOMEDINS;

EID: 0030976137     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004670050285     Document Type: Article

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