Does tacrolimus cause more severe anemia than cyclosporine A in children after renal transplantation?

Transplant International

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Peter, C ^a   Latta, K ^a   Graf, D ^a   Offner, G ^a   Brodehl, J ^a  

^a Department of Pediatric Nephrology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Anemia; Children; Cyclosporine A; Renal transplantation; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYCLOSPORINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 0031602335     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.1998.tb01147.x     Document Type: Article

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