Immunosuppression in lung transplantation

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1039-1053

  Scheffert, Jenna L ^a   Raza, Kashif ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Lung transplantation; Review

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; ALLOPURINOL; AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DACLIZUMAB; EVEROLIMUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; MACROLIDE; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; RAPAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CATARACT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FRACTURE; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEADACHE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREMOR; WEIGHT GAIN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84907013010     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.04.23     Document Type: Review

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