Blood tacrolimus levels and calcineurin phosphatase activity early after renal transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 173-178

  Koefoed Nielsena, Pernille B ^a   Gesualdo, Maria B ^a,b   Poulsen, Jørgen H ^a   Jørgensen, Kaj A ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcineurin; Pharmacodynamic; Renal transplantation; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCINEURIN; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHATASE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISOTOPE LABELING; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHOSPHORYLATION; RADIOACTIVITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TACROLIMUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036487952     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2002.020209.x     Document Type: Article

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