Unpredictable cyclosporin-fluconazole interaction in renal transplant recipients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1698-1703

  Sud, Kamal ^a   Singh, Baljinder ^a   Krishna, V Sree ^a   Thennarasu, K ^a   Kohli, Harbir S ^a   Jha, Vivekanand ^a   Gupta, Krishan L ^a   Sakhuja, Vinjay ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin A; Drug interaction; Fluconazole; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOCHROME P450; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG METABOLISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CREATININE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033002939     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.7.1698     Document Type: Article

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