Tacrolimus rescue therapy for corticosteroid-resistant and polyclonal antibody-resistant kidney allograft rejections

Urology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-34

  Naderi, Gholam Hossein ^a   Mehraban, Darab ^a   Ganji, Mohammad Reza ^a   Yahyazadeh, Seyed Reza ^a   Latif, Amir Hossein ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Graft rejection; Graft survival; Kidney transplantation; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64549104265     PISSN: 17351308     EISSN: 1735546X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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