Pathological evaluation of steroid withdrawal in pediatric renal transplant recipients

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-138

  Aikawa, Atsushi ^a   Miyagi, M ^a   Motoyama, O ^a   Shigetomi, Y ^a   Ohara, T ^a   Hirayama, N ^b   Kawamura, S ^a   Hasegawa, A ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Ohta General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Banff criteria; Catch up growth; Pediatric renal transplantation; Protocol biopsy; Steroid withdrawal

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIZORIBINE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 0032989591     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.1999.00028.x     Document Type: Article

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