The influence of early steroid withdrawal on body composition and bone mineral density in renal transplantation patients

Transplant International

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 82-87

  Van den Ham, Eugénie C H ^a   Kooman, Jeroen P ^a   Christiaans, Maarten H L ^a   Van Hooff, Johannes P ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body composition; Bone mineral density; Osteoporosis; Renal transplantation; Steroid withdrawal

Indexed keywords

MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 0038460320     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2003.tb00268.x     Document Type: Article

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