Does repeated Ramadan fasting adversely affect kidney function in renal transplant patients?

Transplantation

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 141-144

  Ghalib, Mohamed ^a   Qureshi, Junaid ^a   Tamim, Hani ^a   Ghamdi, Ghormullah ^a   Flaiw, Ahmed ^a   Hejaili, Fayez ^a   Taher, Saadi ^a   Katheri, Abculmalik ^a   Shaheen, Faissal ^b   Al Khader, Abdulla A ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fasting; Ramadan; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FASTING; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; ISLAM; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEINURIA; RELIGION;

EID: 38149109186     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000296841.99263.c2     Document Type: Article

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