Renal transplantation in familial dysautonomia: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1676-1680

  Rekhtman, Yelena ^a   Bomback, Andrew S ^a   Nash, Martin A ^a   Cohen, Scott D ^a   Matalon, Albert ^b   Jan, Dominique M ^a   Kaufmann, Horacio ^b   Axelrod, Felicia B ^b   Radhakrishnan, Jai ^a   Appel, Gerald B ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BASILIXIMAB; CLONIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDODRINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROPOFOL; PROPRANOLOL; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VANCOMYCIN;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS HEMODIALYSIS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DYSAUTONOMIA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INTUBATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; PATIENT CARE; SUPINE POSITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSAUTONOMIA, FAMILIAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957315218     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.01750210     Document Type: Article

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