Ramadan fasting in kidney transplant recipients with normal renal function and with mild-to-moderate renal dysfunction

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 417-422

  Einollahi, Behzad ^a   Lessan Pezeshki, Mahboob ^a   Pourfarziani, Vahid ^a   Aghdam, Behroz ^b   Rouzbeh, Jamshid ^c   Ghadiani, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Nemati, Eghlim ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fasting; Glomerular filtration rate; Kidney; Muslims; Ramadan; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOSLEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; FASTING; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISLAM; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 67349224043     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-008-9476-y     Document Type: Article

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