Randomized, prospective trial of mycophenolate mofetil versus azathioprine for prevention of acute renal allograft rejection after simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-111

  Merion, Robert M ^a   Henry, Mitchell L ^b   Melzer, Juliet S ^c   Sollinger, Hans W ^d   Sutherland, David E R ^e   Taylor, Rodney J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^e UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AZATHIOPRINE; BIOPSY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0034661967     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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