Blood levels of TGFβ1 in liver transplant recipients receiving either tacrolimus or micro-emulsified cyclosporine

Transplantation

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 583-586

  Hughes, Julian R ^a,c   Hughes, Victoria F ^b   Trull, Andrew K ^b   Metcalfe, Su M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; TACROLIMUS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; TIME;

COHORT STUDIES; CYCLOSPORINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TACROLIMUS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0032587736     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199908270-00025     Document Type: Article

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