Mobile health medication adherence and blood pressure control in renal transplant recipients: A proof-of-concept randomized controlled trial

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  McGillicuddy, John W ^a   Gregoski, Mathew J ^b   Weiland, Anna K ^b   Rock, Rebecca A ^b   Brunner Jackson, Brenda M ^b   Patel, Sachin K ^b   Thomas, Beje S ^c   Taber, David J ^a   Chavin, Kenneth D ^a   Baliga, Prabhakar K ^a   Treiber, Frank A ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; Medication adherence; Mobile health; Smartphone

Indexed keywords

EID: 85088372332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.2633     Document Type: Article

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