Critical threshold of azathioprine dosage for maintenance immunosuppression in kidney graft recipients

Transplantation

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 818-821

  Opelz, Gerhard ^a   Döhler, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN;

ARTICLE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0343415161     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200003150-00025     Document Type: Article

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