A therapeutic exploratory study to determine the efficacy and safety of calcineurin-inhibitor-free de-novo immunosuppression after liver transplantation: CILT

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Immunosuppression with calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) increases the risk of renal dysfunction after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Controlled trials have shown improvement of renal function in patients that received delayed an...

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Main Authors: Lorf Thomas, Ramadori Giuliano, Tsui Tung Y, Schnitzbauer Andreas, Goralczyk Armin D, Obed Aiman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-04-01
Series:BMC Surgery
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2482/10/15