Early Steroid Withdrawal in Pediatric Renal Transplantation at a Single Center: Preliminary Report

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3237-3240

  Valenzuela, M ^a   Delucchi, A ^a   Ferrario, M ^a   Lillo, A M ^a   Guerrero, J L ^a   Rodriguez E ^a   Cano, F ^a   Cavada, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; BICARBONATE; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLOSPORIN; GLUCOSE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AZATHIOPRINE; CHILD; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TACROLIMUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55749108203     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.03.124     Document Type: Article

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