Improved growth and cardiovascular risk after late steroid withdrawal: 2-year results of a prospective, randomised trial in paediatric renal transplantation | Zendy

Britta Höcker | Zendy; L. T. Weber | Zendy; Reinhard Feneberg | Zendy; Jens Drube | Zendy; Ulrich John | Zendy; Horst Fehrenbach | Zendy; Martina Pohl | Zendy; Miriam Zimmering | Zendy; Stefan Fründ | Zendy; Günter Klaus | Zendy; Elke Wühl | Zendy; Burkhard Tönshoff | Zendy

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Improved growth and cardiovascular risk after late steroid withdrawal: 2-year results of a prospective, randomised trial in paediatric renal transplantation

Author(s) -

Britta Höcker,

L. T. Weber,

Reinhard Feneberg,

Jens Drube,

Ulrich John,

Horst Fehrenbach,

Martina Pohl,

Miriam Zimmering,

Stefan Fründ,

Günter Klaus,

Elke Wühl,

Burkhard Tönshoff

Publication year - 2009

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/gfp506

Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , kidney disease , immunosuppression , prospective cohort study , kidney transplantation , corticosteroid , randomized controlled trial , renal function , incidence (geometry) , gastroenterology , surgery , physics , optics

Long-term corticosteroid treatment impairs growth and increases cardiovascular risk factors. Hence, steroid withdrawal constitutes a major topic in paediatric renal transplantation and maintenance immunosuppression.

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