Corticosteroid Use and Growth After Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

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Published in Transplantation on July 12, 2016

Authors

Anne Tsampalieros1, Greg A Knoll, Amber O Molnar, Nicholas Fergusson, Dean A Fergusson

Author Affiliations

1: 1 Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada. 2 Division of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada. 3 Division of Nephrology, Kidney Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. 4 Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

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