A randomized trial of tacrolimus (FK506) versus total lymphoid irradiation for the control of repetitive rejection after cardiac transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1331-1334

  Keogh, Anne M ^a   Arnold, Ruth H ^a   Macdonald, Peter S ^a   Hawkins, Richard C ^a   Morgan, Graeme W ^a   Spratt, Phillip M ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035667079     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(01)00329-1     Document Type: Article

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