LC Paul - Kidney international, 1999 - nature.com Chronic allograft nephropathy is the most prevalent cause of renal transplant failure in the first
post-transplant decade, but its pathogenesis has remained elusive. Clinically, it is characterized
by a slow but variable loss of function, often in combination with proteinuria and ... Cited by 366 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
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V Berghella, AO Odibo, MS To, OA Rust, SM … - Obstetrics & …, 2005 - journals.lww.com Preterm birth remains the most common cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality. A short
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on the optimal immunosuppressive strategy. Immunoprophylaxis with Thymoglobulin ® or basiliximab
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G Mourad, L Rostaing, C Legendre, V Garrigue, E … - Transplantation, 2004 - journals.lww.com To reduce the incidence of acute rejection after kidney trans- plantation, anti-thymocyte globulins
(ATG, polyclonal an- tibodies which deplete T lymphocytes) or OKT3 have been ad- ministered
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AK Fund - Statistics in medicine - interscience.wiley.com When performing a meta-analysis, interest often centres on finding explanations for heterogeneity
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AD Kirk - Transplantation, 2006 - journals.lww.com Induction immunosuppression is intense, prophylactic therapy used at the time of transplantation
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