Resolution of Sirolimus-Induced Pneumonitis After Conversion to Everolimus

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 711-713

  Rehm, B ^a   Keller, F ^a   Mayer, J ^a   Stracke, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; EVEROLIMUS; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; SULBACTAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GLOMERULOPATHY; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MELANOMA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

AGED; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SIROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646096245     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.01.052     Document Type: Article

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