Sirolimus-Induced Pneumonitis: Three Cases and a Review of the Literature

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 137-139

  Haydar, Ali A ^a   Denton, Mark ^a   West, Alex ^a   Rees, John ^a   Goldsmith, David J A ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interstitial pneumonitis; Kidney transplant; Sirolimus

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; SIROLIMUS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0742318923     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-6135.2003.00292.x     Document Type: Review

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