Renal transplantation in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: A multicenter experience

Transplantation

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1370-1375

  Geetha, Duvuru ^a   Eirin, Alfonso ^b   True, Karin ^c   Valentina Irazabal, Maria ^b   Specks, Ulrich ^b   Seo, Philip ^a   Nachman, Patrick ^c   Fervenza, Fernando C ^b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

ANCA vasculitis; Immunosuppression; Kidney transplantation; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; RECURRENCE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 79958766116     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31821ab9aa     Document Type: Article

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