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Steroid Withdrawal: Moving on to the Next Questions
Author(s) -
Augustine J. J.,
Hricik D. E.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02465.x
Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , tacrolimus , calcineurin , randomized controlled trial , transplantation , corticosteroid
Recent uncontrolled trials and registry analyses, although flawed by selection bias, indicate that steroid‐free immunosuppression is safe in many low‐risk kidney transplant recipients. It is time to focus attention on the minority of patients who experience rejection after steroid withdrawal. See also article by Luan et al in this issue on page 160.