Use of sublingual tacrolimus in lung transplant recipients

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-132

  Watkins, Katherine D ^a   Boettger, Rebecca F ^a   Hanger, Katherine M ^a   Leard, Lorriana E ^b   Golden, Jeffrey A ^b   Hoopes, Charles W ^b   Singer, Jonathan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

immunosuppression; lung transplantation; sublingual administration; tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; STEADY STATE; STOMACH EMPTYING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADULT; AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 84856449517     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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