Association between vitamin D receptor genetic polymorphisms and acute cellular rejection in liver-transplanted patients

Transplant International

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 314-322

  Falleti, Edmondo ^a   Bitetto, Davide ^a   Fabris, Carlo ^a   Cmet, Sara ^a   Fornasiere, Ezio ^a   Cussigh, Annarosa ^a   Fontanini, Elisabetta ^a   Avellini, Claudio ^a   Barbina, Giuseppe ^a   Ceriani, Elisa ^b   Pirisi, Mario ^b   Toniutto, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

acute cellular rejection; calcineurin inhibitors; hepatitis C; liver transplantation; vitamin D receptor

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857057464     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01419.x     Document Type: Article

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