Four Cases of Sirolimus-Associated Interstitial Pneumonitis: Identification of Risk Factors

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-102

  Morath, C ^a   Schwenger, V ^a   Ksoll Rudek, D ^a   Sommerer, C ^a   Beimler, J ^a   Schmidt, J ^a   Zeier, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; DILTIAZEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SIROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846606006     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.10.219     Document Type: Article

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