Maintenance steroid therapy for kidney recipients - Not ready for relegation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1263-1264

  Desai, N M ^a   Schnitzler, M ^b   Jendrisak, M D ^a   Brennan, D C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATARACT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDITORIAL; FRACTURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 66249134902     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02629.x     Document Type: Editorial

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