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The pharmacogenetics of calcineurin inhibitor-related nephrotoxicity.
Therapeutic drug monitoring - 1 Aug 2010
Hesselink Dennis A, Bouamar Rachida, van Gelder Teun
Abstract excerpt
Chronic calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)-induced nephrotoxicity is associated with prolonged use of cyclosporine and tacrolimus and has been observed after all types of transplantation, as well as during treatment of autoimmune disease. Extensive alterations in the renal architecture including glomerular sclerosis, tubular atrophy and interstitial fibrosis may lead to end-stage renal failure. Increasing evidence shows...
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