Belatacept for prevention of acute rejection in adult patients who have had a kidney transplant: An update

Biologics: Targets and Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 385-393

  Wojciechowski, David ^a   Vincenti, Flavio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Belatacept; Kidney transplant

Indexed keywords

BELATACEPT; CYCLOSPORIN;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSPLANT LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872247401     PISSN: 11775475     EISSN: 11775491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/BTT.S23561     Document Type: Review

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