Steroid-free immunosuppression after kidney transplantation with antithymocyte globulin induction and cyclosporine and mycophenolate mofetil maintenance therapy

Transplantation

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1207-1210

  Birkeland, Sven Arvid ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN A; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032533404     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199811150-00016     Document Type: Article

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