Long-term follow-up of three identical twin transplant recipients without maintenance immunosuppressive therapy

Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 447-448

  Yong, Kyun Kim ^a   Hye, Eun Yoon ^a   Su, Hyun Kim ^a   Bum, Soon Choi ^a   Chul, Woo Yang ^a   Yong, Soo Kim ^a   Suk, Young Kim ^a   Byung, Kee Bang ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 49549092708     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2008.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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