Ezetimibe treatment in hypercholesterolaemic kidney transplant patients is safe and effective and reduces the decline of renal allograft function: a pilot study
Author(s) -
T. R. Turk,
Е. А. Воропаева,
M. Kohnle,
Jens Nürnberger,
Th. Philipp,
Andreas Kribben,
Uwe Heemann,
Oliver Witzke
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfm620
Subject(s) - ezetimibe , medicine , renal function , urology , transplantation , kidney disease , creatinine , kidney transplantation , gastroenterology , cholesterol , kidney , prospective cohort study , endocrinology
Ezetimibe has shown efficacy in the therapy of hypercholesterolemia in renal transplant patients. This is the first study investigating the effect of ezetimibe on renal function in kidney transplant recipients.
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