The impact of sirolimus on sex hormones in male adolescent kidney recipients

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 280-285

  Cavanaugh, Teresa M ^a   Schoenemen, Heather ^a   Goebel, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; adverse effect; kidney transplantation; pediatric kidney transplantation; sirolimus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREDNISONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIROLIMUS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84859702650     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2012.01647.x     Document Type: Review

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