Published in Transplantation on April 15, 2008
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Prediction of the glomerular filtration rate using equations in kidney-pancreas transplant patients receiving cimetidine. Transplantation (2006) 0.78
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Five-year study of tacrolimus as secondary intervention versus continuation of cyclosporine in renal transplant patients at risk for chronic renal allograft failure. Transplantation (2008) 0.76
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Endoscopic stenting as first-line treatment in duct of Lushka leaks after choledochocystic anastomosis in two cases of liver transplantation. Transplantation (2005) 0.75
Reduced dose Thymoglobulin, tacrolimus, and mofetil mycophenolate results in excellent solitary pancreas transplantation outcomes. Clin Transplant (2002) 0.75
Anti-CD25 monoclonal antibody replacement therapy for chronic kidney disease in liver transplant recipients. Transplantation (2013) 0.75
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Sequential and urgent coronary artery bypass surgery followed by kidney transplantation in a highly sensitized patient with unstable angina. Transplantation (2017) 0.75