Conversion from cyclosporine to tacrolimus in pediatric kidney transplant recipients

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 664-667

  Ferraresso, Mariano ^a   Ghio, Luciana ^b   Edefonti, Alberto ^b   Garavaglia, Rosanna ^b   Berardinelli, Luisa ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cyclosporine; Pediatric kidney transplantation; Refractory acute rejection; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OKT 3; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GINGIVA HYPERTROPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYCLOSPORINE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 0036952153     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-002-0870-x     Document Type: Article

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