Pronounced renal vasoconstriction and systemic hypertension in renal transplant patients treated with cyclosporin A versus FK 506

Transplant International

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-10

  Radermacher, Jörg ^a   Meiners, Martina ^a   Bramlage, Cornelia ^a   Kliem, Volker ^a   Behrend, Matthias ^a   Schlitt, Hans J ^a   Pichlmayr, Rudolf ^a   Koch, Karl M ^a   Brunkhorst, Reinhard ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypertension, immunosuppression, kidney; Immunosuppression, kidney, hypertension; Kidney, hypertension, immunosuppression

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; TIME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACROLIMUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0031939515     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001470050094     Document Type: Article

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