Lifetime cost-effectiveness of calcineurin inhibitor withdrawal after de novo renal transplantation.

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Published in J Am Soc Nephrol on June 18, 2008

Authors

Stephanie R Earnshaw1, Christopher N Graham, William D Irish, Reiko Sato, Mark A Schnitzler

Author Affiliations

1: RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA. searnshaw@rti.org

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