Comparative study of clinical outcome in kidney transplantation between early steroid withdrawal protocol using basiliximab, calcineurin inhibitor, and mycophenolate mofetil and triple regimen consisting of calcineurin inhibitor, mycophenolate mofetil, and steroid

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 791-794

  Teraoka, S ^a,b   Sato, S ^a   Sekijima, M ^a   Iwado, K ^a   Urashima, Y ^a   Kudo, S ^a   Kai, K ^a   Koyama, I ^a   Tojinbara, T ^a   Nakajima, I ^a   Fuchinoue, S ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kidney Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; BOLUS INJECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG FEVER; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 17844382961     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.12.185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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