Outcome of Kaposi's sarcoma and graft following discontinuation of immunosuppressive drugs in renal transplant recipients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3061-3064

  Firoozan, A ^a,b   Hosseini Moghaddam, S M M ^b   Einollahi, B ^c   Pour Reza Gholi, F ^b   Nafar, M ^b   Basiri, A ^b   Ebrahimi Rad, R ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 26444537490     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.07.042     Document Type: Article

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