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Optimizing immunosuppressive drug dosing in pediatric renal transplantation. Part of a special series on Paediatric Pharmacology, guest edited by Gianvincenzo Zuccotti, Emilio Clementi, and Massimo Molteni.
Pharmacological research - 1 Feb 2012
Cattaneo Dario, Vinks Alexander A
Abstract excerpt
Kidney transplantation in pediatric patients has become a successful and routine procedure, with overall 1-year patient and graft survival rates exceeding 95%. These success rates, however, are not maintained in the long-term, as reported 10-year graft survival rates are in the 50-60% range. Further improvement of long-term allograft survival in pediatric transplantation requires specific focus on long term...
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