Trial of metronidazole vs. azithromycin for treatment of cyclosporine-induced gingival overgrowth

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-64

  Chand, Deepa H ^a   Quattrocchi, Joseph ^b   Poe, Stacy A ^b   Terezhalmy, Geza T ^b   Strife, C Frederic ^b   Cunningham, Robert J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Cyclosporine; Gingival overgrowth; Metronidazole

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CYCLOSPORIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GINGIVA; GINGIVA OVERGROWTH; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; NAUSEA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOSPORINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GINGIVAL OVERGROWTH; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0942298759     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1397-3142.2003.00067.x     Document Type: Article

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