Cessation of steroids in stable renal transplant patients: the Leuven experience.

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Published in Clin Transpl on January 01, 2002

Authors

Bart D Maes1, Kathleen Claes, Willy Coosemans, Pieter Evenpoel, Dirk Kuypers, Jacques Pirenne, Yves Vanrenterghem

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.

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