Association of mycophenolic acid dose with efficacy and safety events in kidney transplant patients receiving tacrolimus: An analysis of the Mycophenolic acid Observational REnal transplant registry

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Doria, Cataldo ^a   Greenstein, Stuart ^b   Narayanan, Mohanram ^c   Ueda, Kimi ^d   Wiland, Anne ^e   McCague, Kevin ^e   Sankari, Bashir ^f   Chan, Laurence ^g  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^f CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Kidney transplantation; Mycophenolic acid; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870655259     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12035     Document Type: Article

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