Interaction between maintenance steroid dose and the risk/benefit of steroid avoidance and withdrawal regimens following renal transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Knight, Simon R ^a,b   Morris, Peter J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 80755180347     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182370611     Document Type: Letter

References (1)

1. Knight SR, Morris PJ. Steroid avoidance or withdrawal after renal transplantation increases the risk of acute rejection but decreases cardiovascular risk. A meta-analysis Transplantation 2010; 89: 1.