Sirolimus rescue of renal failure in children after combined liver-kidney transplantation

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 686-689

  Vester, Udo ^a   Kranz, Birgitta ^a   Nadalin, Silvio ^a   Paul, Andreas ^a   Becker, Jan ^a   Hoyer, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcineurin inhibitor withdrawal; Children; Liver kidney transplantation; Renal function; Rescue; Sirolimus

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; CALCINEURIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ANURIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPEROXALURIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE DAMAGE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALVAGE THERAPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CALCINEURIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SIROLIMUS;

EID: 21244460033     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-004-1733-4     Document Type: Article

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