A comparison of long-term survivals of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant between African American and Caucasian recipients with basiliximab induction therapy

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1815-1821

  Zhang, R ^a   Florman, S ^a   Devidoss, S ^a   Zarifian, A ^a   Yau, C L ^a   Paramesh, A ^a   Killackey, M ^a   Alper, B ^a   Fonseca, V ^a   Slakey, D ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Basiliximab; Ethnicity; Pancreas kidney transplant; Survival

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CLOTRIMAZOLE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NYSTATIN; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHICKENPOX; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL INTOLERANCE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOPENIA; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOUISIANA; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250221465     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01857.x     Document Type: Article

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