Increased medication compliance of liver transplant patients switched from a twice-daily to a once-daily tacrolimus-based immunosuppressive regimen

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2314-2320

  Eberlin, M ^a   Otto, G ^a   Kramer I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG MONITORING; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MORNING DOSAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TACROLIMUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84882239310     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.10.037     Document Type: Article

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