Simultaneous corticosteroid avoidance and calcineurin inhibitor minimization in renal transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 295-302

  Wesley Alexander, J ^a   Goodman, Hope R ^a   Cardi, Michael ^b   Austin, Joe ^b   Goel, Sharad ^b   Safdar, Shahzad ^c   Huang, Shaoming ^c   Munda, Rino ^a   Fidler, James P ^a   Buell, Joseph F ^a   Hanaway, Michael ^a   Susskind, Brian ^a   Roy Chaudhury, Prabir ^a   Trofe, Jennifer ^a,d   Alloway, Rita ^a   Steve Woodle, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Kidney and Hypertension Center   (United States)

^c Mt Auburn Nephrology   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcineurin inhibitors; Corticosteroids; Immunonutrients; Kidney transplantation; Steroid avoidance

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; RAPAMYCIN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MONOTHERAPY; POSTTRANSPLANT LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; ARGININE; CALCINEURIN; CYCLOSPORINE; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PILOT PROJECTS; SIROLIMUS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 33645377235     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2006.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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