Immunosuppressive regimen influences incidence of skin cancer in renal and pancreatic transplant recipients

Transplantation

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1398-1399

  Loeffelbein, Denys J ^a   Szilinski, Kay ^b   Hölzle, Frank ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; GRAFT REJECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049101984     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181bc3b17     Document Type: Letter

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