Late low-dose steroid withdrawal in renal transplant recipients increases bone formation and bone mineral density

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2929-2936

  Farmer, C K T ^a   Hampson, G ^b   Abbs, I C ^a   Hilton, R M ^a   Koffman, C G ^a   Fogelman, I ^c   Sacks, S H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Corticosteroids; Kidney transplantation; Osteocalcin; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE TURNOVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROEMULSION; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CREATININE; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOCALCIN; PEPTIDES; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33751192854     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01557.x     Document Type: Article

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