Late Steroid Withdrawal After Heart Transplantation and Incidence of Acute Rejection

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2372-2374

  Crespo Leiro, M G ^a   Paniagua, M J ^a   Franco, R ^a   Marzoa, R ^a   Grille, Z ^a   Naya, C ^a   Barge, E ^a   Rios, R ^a   Rodriguez J A ^a   Calvino R ^a   Cuenca, J J ^a   Castro Beiras, A ^a  

^a Complejo Hospitalario Juan Canalejo ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548745784     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.07.065     Document Type: Article

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