Rescue therapy with tacrolimus (FK 506) in renal transplant recipients - A Scandinavian multicenter analysis

Transplant International

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-18

  Felldin, Marie ^a   Backman, Lars ^a   Brattström, Christina ^b   Bentdal, Öjstein ^c   Nordal, Knut ^c   Claesson, Kerstin ^d   Persson, Nils H ^e  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin, acute rejection, chronic rejection; Kidney transplantation, conversion, Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORWAY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031060422     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.1997.tb00530.x     Document Type: Article

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