Sirolimus and Everolimus Induced Pneumonitis in Adult Renal Allograft Recipients: Experience in a Center

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2163-2165

  Rodriguez Moreno A ^a   Ridao, N ^a   Garcia Ledesma P ^a   Calvo, N ^a   Perez Flores I ^a   Marques, M ^a   Barrientos, A ^a   Sanchez Fructuoso A I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN; EVEROLIMUS; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN INHIBITOR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN KINASES; SIROLIMUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 68949215052     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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