Conversion to neoral for neurotoxicity after primary adult liver transplantation under tacrolimus

Transplantation

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 172-176

  Jain, Ashok ^a,b   Brody, Debra ^a   Hamad, Imad ^a   Rishi, Nitin ^a   Kanal, Emanuel ^a   Fung, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROEMULSION; NAUSEA; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

EID: 0034650753     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200001150-00029     Document Type: Article

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