Late steroid withdrawal for renal transplant recipients on tacrolimus and MMF is safe

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1795-1796

  Loucaidou, M ^a   Borrows, R ^a   Cairns, T ^a   Griffith, M ^a   Hakim, N ^a   Palmer, A ^a   Papalois, V ^a   Taube, D ^a   McLean, A G ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLICLAZIDE; INSULIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; CADAVER DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MYALGIA; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SARCOIDOSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; CREATININE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; SAFETY; TACROLIMUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20344406002     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.02.094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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