Acute overdoses of tacrolimus (FK 506)

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1650-1652

  Yeh, Chun Nan ^a   Hsieh, Chi Hsun ^a   Hung, Chao Ming ^a   Jeng, Long Bin Bengemin ^a   Chao, Tzu Chieh ^a   Chen, Miin Fu ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute overdose; FK 506; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CYTOCHROME P450; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PHENYTOIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILSON DISEASE;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; OVERDOSE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 0032848305     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026635615532     Document Type: Article

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