Are maintenance corticosteroids no longer necessary after kidney transplantation?

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 383-384

  Augustine, Joshua J ^a   Hricik, Donald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ASEPTIC NECROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY CORTICOSTEROID WITHDRAWAL; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SURVIVAL RATE;

FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREDNISONE;

EID: 84858029743     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.01020112     Document Type: Editorial

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