Campath-1H induction plus rapamycin monotherapy for renal transplantation: Results of a pilot study

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 722-730

  Knechtle, Stuart J ^a   Pirsch, John D ^a   Fechner, John H ^a   Becker, Bryan N ^a   Friedl, Andreas ^a   Colvin, Robert B ^b   Lebeck, Lauralynn K ^c   Chin, L Thomas ^a   Becker, Yolanda T ^a   Odorico, Jon S ^a   D'Alessandro, Anthony M ^a   Kalayoglu, Munci ^a   Hamawy, Majed M ^a   Hu, Huaizhong ^a   Bloom, Debra D ^a   Sollinger, Hans W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Campath 1H; Depletion; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALEMTUZUMAB; ALLOANTIBODY; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CD52 ANTIGEN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCISIONAL HERNIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPHOCELE; MALE; MONOCYTE; PILOT STUDY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRURITUS; RASH; T LYMPHOCYTE; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETEROURETEROSTOMY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0038805159     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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