Everolimus-associated interstitial pneumonitis in a patient with a heart transplant [10]

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3363-3364

  David, Sascha ^a   Kümpers, Philipp ^a   Shin, Hoen ^a   Haller, Hermann ^a   Fliser, Danilo ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CYCLOSPORIN A; EVEROLIMUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOFENOLATE MOFETIL; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET;

AGED; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SIROLIMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36749092345     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm385     Document Type: Letter

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