Open AccessRole of steroid maintenance in sensitized kidney transplant recipients
Author(s) -
Kalathil K Sureshkumar,
Richard J. Marcus,
Bhavna Chopra
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2220-3230
DOI - 10.5500/wjt.v5.i3.102
Subject(s) - medicine , panel reactive antibody , calcineurin , immunosuppression , kidney transplantation , tacrolimus , perioperative , hazard ratio , thymoglobulin , urology , gastroenterology , transplantation , surgery , confidence interval
To evaluate whether there is a threshold sensitization level beyond which benefits of chronic steroid maintenance (CSM) emerge.