A prospective, randomized, multicenter, double-blind study of early corticosteroid cessation versus long-term maintenance of corticosteroid therapy with tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil in primary renal transplant recipients: One year report

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 804-808

  Woodle, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17844377364     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.12.083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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