Growth and weight gain of prepubertal children after cardiac transplantation

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 436-441

  Peterson, Renuka E ^b   Perens, Gregory S ^a,c   Alejos, Juan C ^c   Wetzel, Glenn T ^d   Chang, Ruey Kang R ^e  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Heart transplantation; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 43249103931     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00826.x     Document Type: Article

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