Conversion to Sirolimus for Chronic Allograft Nephropathy and Calcineurin Inhibitor Toxicity and the Adverse Effects of Sirolimus After Conversion

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2789-2793

  Sayin, B ^a   Karakayali, H ^a   Colak, T ^a   Sevmis, S ^a   Pehlivan, S ^a   Demirhan, B ^a   Haberal, M ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ELECTROLYTE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEG EDEMA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEPHROTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISEASE; STOMATITIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CALCINEURIN; CREATININE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SIROLIMUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70149114180     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.07.094     Document Type: Article

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