Vascular endothelial function of sirolimus maintenance regimen in renal transplant recipients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1616-1618

  Maamoun, H ^a,b   Esmail, E ^a   Soliman, A ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SIROLIMUS;

EID: 79959471362     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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