Immunosuppression without prednisone after liver transplantion is safe and associated with normal early graft function: Preliminary results of a randomized study

Transplant International

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Tisone, G ^a   Angelico, M ^a   Palmieri, G ^a   Pisani, F ^a   Baiocchi, L ^a   Vennarecci, G ^a   Anselmo, A ^a   Orlando, G ^a   Negrini, S ^a   Casciani, C U ^a  

^a S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Liver transplantation; Prednisone

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORINE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031608389     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.1998.tb01130.x     Document Type: Article

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