Experience with alternate-day thymoglobulin induction in pancreas transplantation with portal-enteric drainage

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3546-3548

  Stratta, R J ^a   Sundberg, A K ^a   Farney, A C ^a   Rohr, M S ^a   Hartmann, E L ^a   Adams, P L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIALYSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; POLYOMA VIRUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; DRAINAGE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PORTAL SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 27844516045     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.09.084     Document Type: Conference Paper

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