Challenges in pediatric renal transplantation in developing countries

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 533-539

  Rizvi, S Adibul H ^a   Naqi, Zafar M ^a   Lanewala, Ali A ^a   Naqvi, S Ali A ^a  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Developing world; Pediatric; Renal transplants

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; KETOCONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 73349123753     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e32832ffb41     Document Type: Review

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