Weight gain and obesity after liver transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 461-466

  Richards, James ^a   Gunson, Bridget ^a   Johnson, Jill ^a   Neuberger, James ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Liver transplant; Obesity; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; TACROLIMUS; CYCLOSPORIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACROLIMUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 20344389164     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2004.00067.x     Document Type: Article

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