Early treatment of acute rejections gives favorable long-term function after renal transplantation in small children

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 895-900

  Qvist, Erik ^a   Their, Maria ^a   Krogerus, Leena ^a   Holmberg, Christer ^a   Jalanko, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Child; Chronic allograft nephropathy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OKT 3; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748968194     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00761.x     Document Type: Article

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