Tacrolimus versus cyclosporine as primary immunosuppression after heart transplantation: systematic review with meta-analyses and trial sequential analyses of randomised trials.

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Published in Eur J Clin Pharmacol on September 30, 2010

Authors

Luit Penninga1, Christian H Møller, Finn Gustafsson, Daniel A Steinbrüchel, Christian Gluud

Author Affiliations

1: Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research, Cochrane Hepato-biliary Group, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark. LP@ctu.rh.dk

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