Microemulsified Cyclosporine-Based Immunosuppression for the Prevention of Acute Renal Allograft Rejection in Unrelated Dogs: Preliminary Experimental Study

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-219

  Bernsteen, Lynda ^a,b   Gregory, Clare R ^a   Kyles, Andrew E ^a   Griffey, Stephen M ^a   Patz, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLON INTUSSUSCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOG; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG FORMULATION; EUTHANASIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MICROEMULSION; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; EMULSION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PILOT STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORINE; DOGS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMULSIONS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHRECTOMY; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043269176     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jvet.2003.50027     Document Type: Article

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