Immunosuppressive medication adherence in kidney transplant patients

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 351-356

  Lalić, Jelena ^a   Velicković Radovanović, Radmila ^a,b,c   Mitić, Branka ^c   Paunović, Goran ^c   Cvetković, Tatjana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b Department of Pharmacotherapy ^*  (Serbia)

^c Clinical Centre of Ni   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Adherence; Immunosuppressants; Kidney transplantation; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERBIA; SIMPLIFIED MEDICATION ADHERENCE QUESTIONNAIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KNOWLEDGE; LIVING DONOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SERBIA; SIROLIMUS; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 84905051605     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000362792     Document Type: Article

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