Prevalence and risk factors for delayed adrenal insufficiency after liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1014-1019

  Toniutto, Pierluigi ^a   Fabris, Carlo ^a   Fumolo, Elisa ^a   Bitetto, Davide ^a   Fornasiere, Ezio ^a   Falleti, Edmondo ^a   Rapetti, Rachele ^b   Minisini, Rosalba ^b   Pirisi, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLOSPORIN; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADRENAL CORTEX ATROPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ADRENAL GLAND ATROPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; CALCINEURIN; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ITALY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 48949120200     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21465     Document Type: Article

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