Open AccessSteroid withdrawal protocols in Renal Transplantation
Author(s) -
Ahmed Halawa
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
archives of clinical nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-3870
DOI - 10.17352/acn.000029
Subject(s) - immunosuppression , corticosteroid , kidney transplantation , medicine , transplantation , intensive care medicine , protocol (science) , steroid , kidney , pathology , alternative medicine , hormone
Corticosteroid use as a component of immunosuppression protocol is widespread, even though their mechanisms of action are imprecise. The burden of metabolic side effects of steroids and the impact on quality of life in kidney allograft recipients has led to attempts in minimizing steroid exposure.
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