Effect of Ramadan fasting on Moslem kidney transplant recipients

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-104

  Abdalla, Abdallah H ^a   Shaheen, Faisal A ^a   Rassoul, Zalmai ^a   Owda, Ali K ^a   Popovich, William F ^a   Mousa, Dujanah H ^a   Al Hawas, Fahad ^a   Al Sulaiman, Mohammed H ^a   Al Khader, Abdullah A ^a  

^a The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fasting; Kidney transplant recipients; Ramadan; Renal function

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RELIGION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYCLOSPORINE; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 0031949576     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000013316     Document Type: Article

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