Sirolimus for the treatment of kaposi sarcoma after renal transplantation: A series of 10 cases

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2824-2826

  Yaich, S ^a   Charfeddine, K ^a   Zaghdane, S ^a   El Aoud, N ^a   Jarraya, F ^a   Kharrat, M ^a   Hachicha, J ^a  

^a HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADULT; CALCINEURIN; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SIROLIMUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNISIA;

EID: 84869010521     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.09.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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