Late Spontaneous Kidney Graft Decapsulation After Administration of Sirolimus in a Recipient With Chronic Hepatitis B and C Infection: A Case Report

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2437-2439

  Yang, M H ^a   Loong, C C ^a,b   Wu, C W ^a,b   Lui, W Y ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BOWMAN CAPSULE; CADAVER; CREATININE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULAR NECROSIS, ACUTE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RENAL ARTERY; SIROLIMUS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 51249099579     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.07.044     Document Type: Article

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