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SUBMITTER: Axelrod DA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5513703 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Axelrod D A DA Naik A S AS Schnitzler M A MA Segev D L DL Dharnidharka V R VR Brennan D C DC Bae S S Chen J J Massie A A Lentine K L KL
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 20160331 8
Immunosuppression management in kidney transplantation has evolved to include an increasingly diverse choice of medications. Although informed by patient and donor characteristics, choice of immunosuppression regimen varies widely across transplant programs. Using a novel database integrating national transplant registry and pharmacy fill records, immunosuppression use at 6-12 and 12-24 mo after transplant was evaluated for 22 453 patients transplanted in 249 U.S. programs in 2005-2010. Use of t ...[more]