Tacrolimus-based triple-drug immunosuppression minimizes serum lipid elevations in pediatric cardiac transplant recipients

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 707-713

  Penson, Matthew G ^a   Winter, William E ^a   Fricker, F Jay ^a   Harker, Kelli ^a   Kahler, Deborah A ^a   Kubilis, Paul S ^b   Schowengerdt, Kenneth O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; LIPOPROTEIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIPIDS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 0032779968     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(99)00023-6     Document Type: Article

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