Differences in patient and transplant professional perceptions of immunosuppression-induced cosmetic side effects

Transplantation

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 537-543

  Peters, Thomas G ^a   Spinola, Kristin N ^b   West, John C ^c   Aeder, Mark I ^d   Danovitch, Gabriel M ^e   Klintmalm, Goran B G ^f   Gorman, Kevin J ^b   Gordon, John A ^b   Kincaid, Carl H ^g   First, M Roy ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH JACKSONVILLE   (United States)

^b Putnam Associates Inc   (United States)

^c GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Research Medical Center Brookside Campus   (United States)

^e UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g ASTELLAS PHARMA GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmetic changes; Immunosuppression; Kidney transplant

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ACNE; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EMOTION; FEMALE; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOON FACE; OBSERVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ALOPECIA; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GINGIVAL HYPERPLASIA; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PERCEPTION;

EID: 19244365220     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000139253.30998.57     Document Type: Article

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