Two case reports of successful withdrawal of mycofenolate mofetil after living donor lobar lung transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 356-359

  Miyazaki, T ^a   Tagawa, T ^a   Yamasaki, N ^a   Tsuchiya, T ^a   Matsumoto, K ^a   Nagayasu, T ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVING DONOR LOBAR LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVING DONORS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PULMONARY ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS; STEROIDS; TACROLIMUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873298532     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.09.112     Document Type: Article

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