Rapamycin rescue therapy in patients after kidney transplantation: First clinical experience

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-156

  Weber, Thomas ^a   Abendroth, Dietmar ^b   Schelzig, Hubertus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic allograft dysfunction; Rapamycin rescue therapy

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; CALCINEURIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOPENIA; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; AGED; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINEURIN; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; SIROLIMUS; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 20444498640     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2004.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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