No recurrence of Kaposi's sarcoma in a case of renal retransplantation under a calcineurin inhibitor free immunosuppressive regimen: First report [3]

Transplant International

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-396

  Segoloni, Giuseppe P ^a   Giraudi, Roberta ^a   Messina, Maria ^a   Rossetti, Maura ^a   Biancone, Luigi ^a   Leonardi, Gianluca ^a   Piccoli, Giorgina B ^a   Magnano, Andrea ^a   Gai, Massimo ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETRANSPLANTATION; STOMACH LESION; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SIROLIMUS;

EID: 33847184615     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2006.00435.x     Document Type: Letter

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