Cyclosporine A versus tacrolimus monotherapy. Comparison on bile lipids in the first 3 months after liver transplant in humans

Transplant International

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 389-395

  Baiocchi, Leonardo ^a   Angelico, Mario ^a   De Luca, Linda ^a   Ombres, Domenico ^a   Anselmo, Alessandro ^a   Telesca, Claudia ^a   Orlando, Giuseppe ^a   D'Andria, Daniele ^a   Tisone, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bile acids; Biliary lipids; Cyclosporine A; Liver transplantation; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLOSPORIN A; GLYCOCHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIPID BILE LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BILE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIPIDS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TACROLIMUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646002059     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2006.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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