Adherence to medical recommendations in pediatric transplant recipients: Time for action

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-283

  Shemesh, E ^a,b   Shneider, B L ^c,d   Emre, S ^e,f  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e Yale New Haven Transplantation Center   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TACROLIMUS;

DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EDITORIAL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42549087560     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.00920.x     Document Type: Editorial

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