Tacrolimus (FK506) and the pharmaceutical/academic/regulatory gauntlet.

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Published in Am J Kidney Dis on June 01, 1998

Authors

T E Starzl1, S Todo, A J Demetris, J J Fung

Author Affiliations

1: Pittsburgh Transplant Institute and the Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA 15213, USA. mangan@med.pitt.edu

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