The value of switching from cyclosporine to tacrolimus in the treatment of refractory acute rejection and obliterative bronchiolitis after lung transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 24-28

  Sarahrudi, Kambiz ^a   Carretta, Angelo ^a   Wisser, Wilfried ^a   Senbaklavaci, Ömer ^a   Ploner, Meinhard ^a   Neuhauser, Petra ^a   Dobrovits, Michael ^a   Miwai Marta, Gabriel ^a   Papp, Andras ^a   Klepetko, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Immunosuppression; Lung transplantation; Obliterative bronchiolitis; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 0036937089     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2002.tb00093.x     Document Type: Article

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