Rapid steroid taper and neoral monotherapy in liver transplantation in Chile: A step in the right direction?

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1675-1676

  Innocenti, F ^a   Hepp, J ^a   Humeres, R ^a   Sanhueza, E ^a   Zapata, R ^a   Rios, H ^a   Suarez L ^a   Sandoval, R ^a   Rius, M ^a   Zamboni, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 20844449894     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.06.063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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