A randomized trial with steroids and antithymocyte globulins comparing Cyclosporine/Azathioprine Versus Tacrolimus/Mycophenolate Mofetil (CATM2) in renal transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 437-443

  Vacher Coponat, Henri ^a,b   Moal, Valerie ^a   Indreies, Monica ^a   Purgus, Raj ^a   Loundou, Anderson ^c   Burtey, Stephane ^a,b   Brunet, Philippe ^a,b   Moussi Frances, Julie ^a   Daniel, Laurent ^d   Dussol, Bertrand ^a,c   Berland, Yvon ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Université de Médecine   (France)

^d TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Azathioprine; Cyclosporine A; Kidney transplantation; Mycophenolate mofetil; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GANCICLOVIR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA VIRUS INFECTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NEOPLASM; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN CANCER; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; AZATHIOPRINE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STEROIDS; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 84857043383     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31824215b7     Document Type: Article

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