Sirolimus does not exhibit nephrotoxicity compared to cyclosporine in renal transplant recipients

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 436-442

  Morales, José M ^a   Wramner, Lars ^b   Kreis, Henri ^c   Durand, Dominique ^d   Campistol, Josep M ^e   Andres, Amado ^a   Arenas, Joaquin ^a   Nègre, Eric ^f   Burke, James T ^f   Groth, Carl G ^g  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^f Searle European Clinical R and D   (France)

^g KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine; Nephrotoxicity; Renal function; Renal transplantation; Sirolimus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; MAGNESIUM; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPHROTOXICITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 19244366256     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2002.20507.x     Document Type: Article

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