Liver Transplantation for Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: Results of Aggressive Corticosteroid Withdrawal

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1707-1712

  Campsen, J ^a   Zimmerman, M ^a   Trotter, J ^a   Wachs, M ^a   Bak, T ^a   Steinberg, T ^a   Kaplan, M ^a   Kam, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISCHEMIA; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67249115289     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.10.095     Document Type: Article

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