Steroid-free liver transplantation in children

Lancet

Volumn 362, Issue 9401, 2003, Pages 2068-2070

  Reding, Raymond ^a   Gras, Jérémie ^a   Sokal, Etienne ^a   Otte, Jean Bernard ^a   Davies, Hugh F S ^b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GROWTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0347993677     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)15104-5     Document Type: Article

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