Impact of long-term immunosuppressive therapy on psychosocial and physical well being in liver transplant recipients

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 278-283

  Kizilisik, A Tarik ^a   Grewal, Hani P ^b   Shokouh Amiri, M Hosein ^c   Vera, Santiago R ^c   Hathaway, Donna K ^c   Gaber, A Osama ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIGOUT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; GOUT; GRAFT REJECTION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; SELF CARE; SKIN CANCER; SOCIAL ASPECT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0348141724     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.13.4.x10200vv4631l123     Document Type: Article

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