Long-Term Maintenance of Calcineurin Inhibitor Monotherapy Reduces the Risk for Squamous Cell Carcinomas After Kidney Transplantation Compared With Bi- or Tritherapy

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2592-2594

  Abou Ayache, R ^a   Thierry, A ^a   Bridoux, F ^a   Bauwens, M ^a   Belmouaz, M ^a   Desport, E ^a   Touchard, G ^a  

^a POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; CALCINEURIN; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 35348888374     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.08.016     Document Type: Article

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