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Association of cytokine polymorphisms with subclinical progressive chronic allograft nephropathy in Japanese renal transplant recipients: preliminary study.
International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association - 1 Nov 2007
Satoh Shigeru, Saito Mitsuru, Inoue Kazuyuki, Miura Masatomo, Komatsuda Atsushi, Habuchi Tomonori
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BACKGROUND: The present study calculated the risk of developing subclinical progressive chronic/sclerosing allograft nephropathy (CAN) under tacrolimus-based immunosuppression according to genetic polymorphisms of cytokines and growth factors, and clinical events including delayed graft function (DGF), acute rejection (AR) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. METHODS: The subjects were 50 recipients with stable...
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