Steroid avoidance immunosuppression in low-risk kidney transplant recipients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1785-1788

  Heilman, R L ^a   Mazur, M J ^a   Reddy, K S ^a   Moss, A ^a   Post, D ^a   Mulligan, D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BASILIXIMAB; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; FLUCONAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOBLOBULIN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; CADAVER DONOR; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECIPIENT; REPERFUSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TACROLIMUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 20344403785     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.02.106     Document Type: Conference Paper

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