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Orthotopic liver transplantation in U.S. veterans under primary tacrolimus immunosupression.

Gayowski, T and Marino, IR and Singh, N and Doyle, HR and Wagener, MM and Todo, S and Fung, JJ and Starzl, TE (1996) Orthotopic liver transplantation in U.S. veterans under primary tacrolimus immunosupression. In: UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED, 223 - 232. ISBN UNSPECIFIED

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Abstract

The evolution and refinement of surgical techniques, per ioperative patient care, and immunosuppression hav~ estab~ished orthoto~ic li~er transplantation (OLTX) as a ~ighly successful therapeutic modality for patients wrth end-stage hver disease. In February 1989,Tacrohmus (Prograf®, formerly FK 506)was first used successfully at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to treat patients with rejection refractory to cyclosporine-based immunosuppression." Clinical trials utilizing Tacrolimus in solid organ transplantation followed, and in April of 1994 it was approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration,

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Item Type: Book Section
Status: Published
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Gayowski, T
Marino, IR
Singh, N
Doyle, HR
Wagener, MM
Todo, S
Fung, JJ
Starzl, TEtes11@pitt.eduTES11
Centers: Other Centers, Institutes, Offices, or Units > Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
Date: 1996
Date Type: Publication
Journal or Publication Title: Surg Technol Int
Volume: 5
Page Range: 223 - 232
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Refereed: Yes
ISSN: 1090-3941
Other ID: uls-drl:31735062127257, Starzl CV No. 2003
Date Deposited: 08 Apr 2010 17:34
Last Modified: 21 May 2019 15:55
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/5389

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